2 Kings 4:39 meaning and explanation

One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.

2 Kings 4:39, Berean Standard Bible

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During a famine in Gilgal, Elisha directs the sons of the prophets to prepare stew for a communal meal. One of them goes out to gather wild herbs and finds a vine with gourds, which he slices into the pot.

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