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2 Kings 4:40-42
Contemporary English Version
2 Kings 4:40-42
Contemporary English Version
40 The stew was served, and when the prophets started eating it, they shouted, “Elisha, this stew tastes terrible! We can't eat it.”
41 “Bring me some flour,” Elisha said. He sprinkled the flour in the stew and said, “Now serve it to them.” And the stew tasted fine.
Elisha Feeds One Hundred People
42 A man from the town of Baal-Shalishah[a] brought Elisha some freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of bread made from the first barley that was harvested. Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.”
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- 4.42 Baal-Shalishah: The exact location of this town is not known, but it was probably somewhere near Shechem.
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