2 Kings 4:42 meaning and explanation
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
2 Kings 4:42, Berean Standard Bible
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Elisha is at Gilgal during a famine, presiding over a company of prophets (2 Kings 4:38). A man from Baal-shalishah brings him a gift of twenty barley loaves made from the first ripe grain, likely produce set apart as firstfruits.
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