And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
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Gill's Exposition
And Elisha came again to Gilgal,.... Where he was with Elijah a little before his assumption to heaven, Kg2 2:1 and whither he went, there being a school of the prophets, as he did to all places where…
Barnes' Notes
There was a dearth in the land - Rather, “The famine was in the land.” The seven years’ dearth of which Elisha had prophesied (marginal reference) had begun. The sons of the prophets - See 1Ki 20:35…
Adam Clarke
Came again to Gilgal - He had been there before with his master, a short time prior to his translation.
Set on the great pot and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets - It was in a time of…
We have here Elisha in his place, in his element, among the sons of the prophets, teaching them, and, as a father, providing for them; and happy it was for them that they had one over them who…
Cambridge Bible
Elisha at Gilgal heals the noxious Pottage (Not in Chronicles)
38. Elisha came again to Gilgal There are no notes of time in this narrative, or in the others, though we can see, here and there, that…
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