2 Kings 4:40

Easy To Read Version

Then they poured some of the soup for the men to eat. But when they began to eat the soup, they shouted out {to Elisha}, “Man of God [34] ! There’s poison in the pot!” {The food tasted like poison} so they could not eat that food.

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One time Esau came back from hunting. He was tired and weak from hunger. Jacob was boiling a pot of beans.

1 Kings 17:18

And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”

2 Kings 1:11

Ahaziah sent another captain with 50 men to Elijah. The captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, [5] the king says, ‘Come down quickly!’”

2 Kings 1:13

Ahaziah sent a third captain with 50 men. The third captain came to Elijah. The captain fell down on his knees. The captain begged Elijah, saying to him, “Man of God, [7] I ask you, please let my life and the lives of your 50 servants be valuable to you!

2 Kings 1:9

{Ahaziah} sent a captain and 50 men to Elijah. The captain went to Elijah. At that time, Elijah was sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, [3] the king says, ‘Come down.’”

2 Kings 4:39

One man went out into the field to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and picked the fruit from it. He put that fruit in his robe and brought it back. He cut up the wild fruit and put it into the pot. But the group of prophets [33] did not know what kind of fruit it was.

2 Kings 4:9

The woman said to her husband, “Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.

Exodus 10:17

Now, forgive me for my sins this time. Ask the Lord to remove this ‘death’ (locusts) from me.”

Exodus 15:23

After three days, the people came to Marah. [100] There was water at Marah, but it was too bitter to drink. (That is why the place was named Marah.)

Mark 16:18

Those people will hold snakes without being hurt. And those people will drink poison without being hurt. Those people will touch sick people, and the sick people will be healed.”

Deuteronomy 33:1

This is the blessing that Moses, the man of God, gave the people of Israel before he died.