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2 Kings 4:38

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Elisha Makes a Meal Edible

4:38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him 1  and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire 2  and boil some stew for the prophets.” 3 

2 Kings 7:4

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7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation, 4  and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect 5  to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, 6  we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.” 7 
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[4:38]  1 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”

[4:38]  2 tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.

[4:38]  3 tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”

[7:4]  4 tn Heb “If we say, ‘We will enter the city,’ the famine is in the city and we will die there.”

[7:4]  5 tn Heb “fall.”

[7:4]  6 tn Heb “keep us alive.”

[7:4]  7 tn Heb “we will die.” The paraphrastic translation attempts to bring out the logical force of their reasoning.



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