Lièwángjìxià 4:38

38 Yǐlìshā yòu lái dào Jíjiǎ , nà dì zhēng yǒu jīhuāng . xiānzhī méntǔ zuò zaì tā miànqián , tā fēnfu púrén shuō , nǐ jiāng dà guō fàng zaì huǒ shàng , gĕi xiānzhī méntǔ aó shāng .

Lièwángjìxià 4:38 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha came again to Gilgal
Where he was with Elijah a little before his assumption to heaven, ( 2 Kings 2:1 ) and whither he went, there being a school of the prophets, as he did to all places where there were any, and where he had been before with Elijah; partly to instruct, encourage, and strengthen them, and partly to confirm his office as a prophet by miracles, which he did in several places he came to:

and there was a dearth in the land;
a famine through drought:

and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him:
as disciples before their master, see ( Acts 22:3 )

and he said unto his servant;
very probably Gehazi:

set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets;
who seemed to have lived together in one house or college, and to be to the number of one hundred, see ( 2 Kings 4:43 ) and therefore required to have a large pot set on to boil pottage for them all.

Lièwángjìxià 4:38 In-Context

36 Yǐlìshā jiào jī hā xī shuō , nǐ jiào zhè shū niàn fùrén lái . yúshì jiào le tā lái . Yǐlìshā shuō , jiāng nǐ érzi bào qǐlai .

37 Fùrén jiù jìnlái , zaì Yǐlìshā jiǎo qián fǔfú yú dì , bào qǐ tā érzi chū qù le .

38 Yǐlìshā yòu lái dào Jíjiǎ , nà dì zhēng yǒu jīhuāng . xiānzhī méntǔ zuò zaì tā miànqián , tā fēnfu púrén shuō , nǐ jiāng dà guō fàng zaì huǒ shàng , gĕi xiānzhī méntǔ aó shāng .

39 Yǒu yī gèrén qù dào tiānyĕ qiā caì , yùjiàn yī kē yĕ guā téng , jiù zhāi le yī dōu yĕ guā huí lái , qiē le gé zaì aó shāng de guō zhōng , yīnwei tāmen bù zhīdào shì shénme dōngxǐ .

40 Dǎo chūlai gĕi zhòngrén chī , chī de shíhou , dōu hǎnjiào shuō , shén rén nǎ , guō zhōng yǒu zhì sǐ de dú wù . suǒyǐ zhòngrén bùnéng chī le .