2 Kings 4:42

Easy To Read Version

A man from Baal Shalishah came and brought bread from the first harvest to the man of God [35] (Elisha). This man brought 20 loaves of barley bread and fresh grain in his sack. Then Elisha said, “Give this food to the people, so that they can eat.”

Cross References

1 Kings 14:3

Give the prophet ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Then ask him what will happen to our son. The prophet Ahijah will tell you.”

2 Kings 4:38

Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a time of hunger in the land. The group of prophets [32] was sitting in front of Elisha. Elisha said to his servant, “Put the large pot on the fire, and make some soup for the group of prophets.”

2 Kings 5:5

Then the king of Aram said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

2 Kings 7:1

Elisha said, “Listen to the message from the Lord! The Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow, {there will be plenty of food, and it will be cheap again}. A person will be able to buy a basket [73] of fine flour or two baskets [74] of barley for only one shekel [75] in the market place by the city gates of Samaria.’”

Exodus 23:16

“The second holiday will be the Festival of Pentecost. This holiday will be {during the early summer time} when you begin harvesting the crops you planted in your fields.

Numbers 18:12

“And I give you all the best olive oil and all the best new wine and grain. These are the things that the people of Israel give to me, the Lord. These are the first things that they gather in their harvest.

Numbers 18:13

When the people gather a harvest, they bring all the first things to the Lord. So these things I will give to you. And every person in your family that is clean [237] may eat it.

John 6:13

So the followers gathered up the pieces that were left. The people had started eating with only five loaves of barley bread. But the followers filled twelve large baskets with the pieces of food that were left.

John 6:9

“Here is a boy with five loaves of barley bread and two little fish. But that is not enough for so many people.”

1 Corinthians 9:11

So this weak brother or sister is ruined because of your better understanding. And Christ died for this person.

Galatians 6:6

The person who is learning the teaching of God should share all the good things he has with the person who is teaching him.

Deuteronomy 12:6

There you must bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, one tenth of your crops and animals, [74] your special gifts, any gifts you promised to the Lord, any special gift you want to give, and the first animals born in your herds and flocks.

Deuteronomy 32:14

{The Lord gave Israel} butter from the herd and milk from the flock. {He gave Israel} fat lambs and goats, the best rams from Bashan, and the finest wheat. You {people of Israel} drank wine from the red juice of the grape.

Deuteronomy 8:8

It is a land with wheat and barley, grape vines, fig trees, and pomegranates. [51] It is a land with olive oil and honey.

1 Samuel 9:4

Saul went to look for the donkeys. Saul walked through the hills of Ephraim. Then Saul walked through the area around Shalisha. But Saul and the servant could not find Kish’s donkeys. So Saul and the servant went to the area around Shaalim. But the donkeys were not there either. So Saul traveled through the land of Benjamin. But he and the servant still could not find the donkeys.

1 Samuel 9:7

Saul said to his servant, “Sure, we can go into town. But what can we give to him? We have no gift to give the man of God. Even the food in our bags is gone. What can we give him?”