2 Kings 4:44

4:44 So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted. ¹ 

2 Kings 4:41-43

4:41 He said, “Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” ²  There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ³  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ⁴  Elisha ⁵  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.” 4:43 But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” ⁶  He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” ⁷ 

2 Kings 6:22-23

6:22 He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? ⁸  Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.” 6:23 So he threw a big banquet ⁹  for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back ¹⁰  to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.

2 Kings 7:8

7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ¹¹  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ¹²  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ¹³  and went and hid what they had taken.

[4:44]  ¹ tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”

[4:41]  ² tn Or “and let them eat.”

[4:42]  ³ tn Heb “man of God.”

[4:42]  ⁴ tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

[4:42]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:43]  ⁴ tn Heb “How can I set this before a hundred men?”

[4:43]  ⁵ tn The verb forms are infinitives absolute (Heb “eating and leaving over”) and have to be translated in light of the context.

[6:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “Are [they] ones you captured with your sword or your bow (that) you can strike (them) down?”

[6:23]  ⁶ tn Or “held a great feast.”

[6:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “they went back.”

[7:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[7:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “and they took from there.”