2 Reyes 4:39

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39 En eso, uno de ellos sali贸 al campo para recoger hierbas; all铆 encontr贸 una planta silvestre y arranc贸 varias frutas hasta llenar su manto. Al regresar, las cort贸 en pedazos y las ech贸 en el guisado sin saber qu茅 eran.

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2 Reyes 4:39 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:39

And one went out into the fields to gather herbs
To put into the pottage, the gardens affording none in this time of dearth; or, however, being scarce, were at too great a price for the sons of the prophets to purchase them; and therefore one of them went out into the field to gather what common herbs he could:

and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full;
thought to be the same with coloquintida, the leaves of which are very like to a vine, of a very bitter taste, and a very violent purgative, which, if not remedied, will produce ulcerations in the bowels, and issue in death; some think the white brier or white vine is meant, the colour of whose berries is very inviting to look at, but very bitter and ungrateful, and it vehemently purges F2; the Arabs call a sort of mushroom that is white and soft by this name F3, but cannot be meant here, because it has no likeness to a wild vine:

and came and shred them into the pot of pottage;
cut or chopped them small, and put them into the pot:

for they knew them not;
what they were, the nature and virtue of them, being unskilful in botany.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 Vid. Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 3. p. 605, 606.
F3 Golius, col. 1817.
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2 Reyes 4:39 In-Context

37 Ella entr贸, se arroj贸 a los pies de Eliseo y se postr贸 rostro en tierra. Entonces tom贸 a su hijo y sali贸.
38 Eliseo regres贸 a Guilgal y se encontr贸 con que en esos d铆as hab铆a mucha hambre en el pa铆s. Por tanto, se reuni贸 con la comunidad de profetas y le orden贸 a su criado: 芦Pon esa olla grande en el fog贸n y prepara un guisado para los profetas禄.
39 En eso, uno de ellos sali贸 al campo para recoger hierbas; all铆 encontr贸 una planta silvestre y arranc贸 varias frutas hasta llenar su manto. Al regresar, las cort贸 en pedazos y las ech贸 en el guisado sin saber qu茅 eran.
40 Sirvieron el guisado, pero cuando los hombres empezaron a comerlo, gritaron:鈥斅ombre de Dios, esto es veneno!As铆 que no pudieron comer.
41 Entonces Eliseo orden贸:鈥擳r谩iganme harina.Y luego de echar la harina en la olla, dijo:鈥擲铆rvanle a la gente para que coma.Y ya no hubo nada en la olla que les hiciera da帽o.
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