2 Kings 4:42 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:42

Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

BSB

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ASV

And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

KJV

And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Bread of the first-fruits - This was an offering to the prophet, as the first-fruits themselves were an offering to God. Corn in the husk - Probably parched corn or corn to be parched, a very frequent food in the East; full ears, before they are ripe, parched on the fire.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is said to be of the first-fruits, which was God's due out of their increase; and when the priests and Levites were all at Jerusalem, out of their reach, the religious people among them, with good reason, looked upon the prophets as God's receivers, and brought their first-fruits to them, which helped to maintain their schools.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִ֨ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and a man	H376 →
בָּ֜א	ba'	he came	H935 →
מִבַּ֣עַל	mi.Ba.'al	from Baal	H1190 →
שָׁלִ֗שָׁה	sha.Li.shah	Shalisha	H1190 →
וַיָּבֵא֩	vai.ya.Ve'	and he brought	H935 →
לְאִ֨ישׁ	le.'Ish	to [the] man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
לֶ֤חֶם	Le.chem	bread of	H3899 →
בִּכּוּרִים֙	bi.ku.Rim	first-fruits	H1061 →
עֶשְׂרִֽים־	'es.rim-	twenty	H6242 →
לֶ֣חֶם	Le.chem	bread[s] of	H3899 →
שְׂעֹרִ֔ים	se.'o.Rim	barley<s>	H8184 →
וְכַרְמֶ֖ל	ve.khar.Mel	and new corn	H3759 →
בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ	be.tzik.lo.No	in sack his	H6861 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
תֵּ֥ן	ten	give [it]	H5414 →
לָעָ֖ם	la.'Am	to the people	H5971 →
וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃	ve.yo.Khe.lu	so they may eat	H398 →

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2 Kings 7:1
Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel,…
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- Joshua 3:5
  Then Joshua told the people, “Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”
- Exodus 16:12
  “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the…
- Ezekiel 37:4
  And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
- 1 Samuel 11:9
  So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the…
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John 6:9
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
leads to
- 2 Kings 4:42–44
  Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
- Matthew 14:17
  “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
- Mark 6:38
  “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
- Luke 9:13
  But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”