2 Kings 4:40

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The stew was served, and when the prophets started eating it, they shouted, “Elisha, this stew tastes terrible! We can't eat it.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day, Jacob was cooking some stew, when Esau came home hungry

1 Kings 17:18

The woman shouted at Elijah, “What have I done to you? I thought you were God's prophet. Did you come here to cause the death of my son as a reminder that I've sinned against God?”

2 Kings 1:11

Ahaziah sent another officer and fifty more soldiers to Elijah. The officer said, “Man of God, the king orders you to come and see him at once.”

2 Kings 1:13

Ahaziah sent a third army officer and fifty more soldiers. This officer went up to Elijah, then he got down on his knees and begged, “Man of God, please be kind to me and these fifty servants of yours. Let us live!

2 Kings 1:9

So at once he sent an army officer and fifty soldiers to meet Elijah. Elijah was sitting on top of a hill at the time. The officer went up to him and said, “Man of God, the king orders you to come down and talk with him.”

2 Kings 4:39

One of them went out into the woods to gather some herbs. He found a wild vine and picked as much of its fruit as he could carry, but he didn't know that the fruit was very sour. When he got back, he cut up the fruit and put it in the stew.

2 Kings 4:9

Some time later the woman said to her husband, “I'm sure the man who comes here so often is a prophet of God.

Exodus 10:17

Forgive me one more time and ask the LORD to stop these insects from killing every living plant.”

Exodus 15:23

They did find water at Marah, but it was bitter, which is how that place got its name.

Mark 16:18

They will handle snakes and will drink poison and not be hurt. They will also heal sick people by placing their hands on them.

Deuteronomy 33:1

Moses was a prophet, and before he died, he blessed the tribes of Israel by saying: