2 Kings 4:38

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Elisha went to Gilgal again. There was a famine in the land. The group of prophets 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.”

Cross References

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha talked to the woman whose son he had brought back to life. He said, “You and your family should move to another country, because the Lord has decided that there will be a famine here. It will last for seven years.”

2 Kings 2:3

The group of prophets at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?” Elisha said, “Yes, I know. Don’t talk about it.”

2 Kings 2:1

It was near the time for the Lord to take Elijah by a whirlwind up into heaven. Elijah and Elisha started to leave Gilgal.

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in the country of Cilicia. I grew up in this city. I was a student of Gamaliel, who carefully taught me everything about the law of our fathers. I was very serious about serving God, the same as all of you here today.

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary. Mary was sitting at Jesus’ feet and listening to him teach.

Leviticus 26:26

I will give you a share of the grain left in that city. But there will be very little food to eat. Ten women will be able to cook all their bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread. You will eat, but you will still be hungry.

Acts 15:36

A few days later, Paul said to Barnabas, “We should go back to all the towns where we told people the message of the Lord. We should visit the believers to see how they are doing.”

Acts 10:38

You know about Jesus from Nazareth. God made him the Messiah by giving him the Holy Spirit and power. Jesus went everywhere doing good for people. He healed those who were ruled by the devil, showing that God was with him.

John 21:9

When they stepped out of the boat and onto the shore, they saw a fire of hot coals. There were fish on the fire and some bread there too.

John 21:5

Then he said to them, “Friends, have you caught any fish?” They answered, “No.”

Luke 9:13

But Jesus said to the apostles, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. Do you want us to go buy food for all these people?” There are too many!

Luke 8:38

The man he had healed begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,

Luke 8:35

People went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man sitting there at the feet of Jesus. The man had clothes on and was in his right mind again; the demons were gone. This made the people afraid.

Luke 4:25

“During the time of Elijah it did not rain in Israel for three and a half years. There was no food anywhere in the whole country. There were many widows in Israel during that time. But the fact is, Elijah was sent to none of those widows in Israel. He was sent only to a widow in Zarephath, a town in Sidon.

Mark 6:37

But Jesus answered, “You give them some food to eat.” They said to Jesus, “We can’t buy enough bread to feed all these people. We would all have to work a month to earn enough to buy that much bread!”

Ezekiel 24:3

The people there refuse to obey me. I have a story with a message for them. Tell them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “‘Put the pot on the fire. Put on the pot and pour in the water.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, I will punish any nation that leaves me and sins against me. I will stop their food supply. I might cause a famine and remove the people and animals from that country.

Proverbs 8:34

Whoever waits at my door and listens for me will be blessed.

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there was a famine that continued for three years. So David prayed to the Lord. And the Lord answered, “Saul and his family of murderers are the reason for the famine, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

1 Samuel 19:20

So he sent some men to arrest David. But when they came to the camps, there was a group of prophets prophesying. Samuel was standing there leading the group. The Spirit of God came on Saul’s messengers and they began prophesying.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him. Jesus was sitting in the Temple area with the religious teachers, listening and asking them questions.

Genesis 25:29

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

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 did not know what kind of fruit it was.

Ezekiel 11:3

These men say, ‘We will be building our houses again very soon. We are as safe in this city as meat in a pot!’

Ezekiel 11:7

Now, the Lord GOD says this: ‘The dead bodies are the meat, and the city is the pot. But someone will come and take you out of this safe pot.

Amos 7:14

Then Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a professional prophet, and I am not from a prophet’s family. I raise cattle and take care of sycamore trees.

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall for the next few years. The rain will fall only when I command it to fall.”

2 Kings 4:1

A man from the group of prophets had a wife. This man died, and his wife cried out to Elisha, “My husband was like a servant to you. Now he is dead! You know he honored the Lord. But he owed money to a man. Now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!”

Job 30:4

They pull up salt plants in the desert and eat the roots from the broom tree.