2 Kings 4:38

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Elisha returned to Gilgal. There wasn’t enough food to eat in that area. The group of the prophets was meeting with Elisha. So he said to his servant, “Put the large pot over the fire. Cook some stew for these prophets.”

Cross References

Genesis 25:29

One day Jacob was cooking some stew. Esau came in from the open country. He was very hungry.

2 Samuel 21:1

For three years in a row there wasn’t enough food in the land. That was while David was king. So David asked the Lord why he wasn’t blessing his people. The Lord said, “It is because Saul and his family committed murder. He put the people of Gibeon to death.”

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah was from Tishbe in the land of Gilead. He said to Ahab, “I serve the Lord. He is the God of Israel. You can be sure that he lives. And you can be just as sure that there won’t be any dew or rain on the whole land. There won’t be any during the next few years. It won’t come until I say so.”

2 Kings 2:1

Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. The Lord was going to use a strong wind to take Elijah up to heaven.

2 Kings 2:3

There was a group of prophets at Bethel. They came out to where Elisha was. They asked him, “Do you know what the Lord is going to do? He’s going to take your master away from you today.” “Yes, I know,” Elisha replied. “So be quiet.”

2 Kings 4:1

The wife of a man from the group of the prophets cried out to Elisha. She said, “My husband is dead. You know how much respect he had for the Lord. But he owed money to someone. And now that person is coming to take my two boys away. They will become his slaves.”

2 Kings 4:39

One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs. He found a wild vine and picked some of its gourds. He picked as many as he could fit in his coat. Then he cut them up and put them into the pot of stew. But no one knew what they were.

2 Kings 8:1

Elisha had brought a woman’s son back to life. He had said to her, “Go away with your family. Stay for a while anywhere you can. The Lord has decided that there won’t be enough food in the land. That will be true for seven years.”

Job 30:4

Among the bushes they gathered salty plants. They ate the roots of desert bushes.

Proverbs 8:34

Blessed are those who listen to me. They watch every day at my doors. They wait beside my doorway.

Ezekiel 11:3

They say, ‘Haven’t our houses just been built again? The city is like a pot used for cooking. And we are the meat in it.’

Ezekiel 11:7

“So the Lord and King says, ‘The bodies you have thrown there are the meat. And the city is the cooking pot. But I will drive you out of it.

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, suppose the people in a certain country sin against me. And they are not faithful to me. So I reach out my powerful hand against them. I cut off their food supply. I make them very hungry. I kill them and their animals.

Ezekiel 24:3

Your people refuse to obey me. So tell them a story. Say to them, ‘The Lord and King told me, “ ‘ “Put a cooking pot on the fire. Pour water into it.

Leviticus 26:26

I will cut off your supply of bread. Ten women will need only one oven to bake your bread. They will weigh out the bread piece by piece. Even when you eat all of it, it will not be enough to satisfy you.

Amos 7:14

Amos answered Amaziah, “I was not a prophet. I wasn’t even the son of a prophet. I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees.

Mark 6:37

But Jesus answered, “You give them something to eat.” They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s pay! Should we go and spend that much on bread? Are we supposed to feed them?”

Luke 10:39

She had a sister named Mary. Mary sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said.

Luke 2:46

After three days they found him in the temple courtyard. He was sitting with the teachers. He was listening to them and asking them questions.

Luke 4:25

I tell you for sure that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah. And there had been no rain for three and a half years. There wasn’t enough food to eat anywhere in the land.

Luke 8:35

The people went out to see what had happened. Then they came to Jesus. They found the man who was now free of the demons. He was sitting at Jesus’ feet. He was dressed and thinking clearly. All this made the people afraid.

Luke 8:38

The man who was now free of the demons begged to go with him. But Jesus sent him away. He said to him,

Luke 9:13

Jesus replied, “You give them something to eat.” The disciples answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish. We would have to go and buy food for all this crowd.”

John 21:5

He called out to them, “Friends, don’t you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.

John 21:9

When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals. There were fish on it. There was also some bread.

Acts 10:38

You know how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Jesus went around doing good. He healed all who were under the devil’s power. God was with him.

Acts 15:36

Some time later Paul spoke to Barnabas. “Let’s go back to all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord,” he said. “Let’s visit the believers and see how they are doing.”

Acts 22:3

“I am a Jew. I was born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. I studied with Gamaliel. I was well trained by him in the law given to our people long ago. I wanted to serve God as much as any of you do today.

1 Samuel 19:20

So Saul sent some men to capture him. When they got there, they saw a group of prophets who were prophesying. Samuel was standing there as their leader. Then the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men. So they also began to prophesy.