2Kings:4:38-41
geneva@2Kings:4:38 @ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the (note:)That is, in the land of Israel.(:note) 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.
geneva@2Kings:4:39 @ And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a (note:)Which the apothecaries call colloquintida, and is most vehement and dangerous in purging.(:note) wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not.
geneva@2Kings:4:40 @ So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O [thou] man of God, [there is] (note:)They feared that they were poisoned because of the bitterness.(:note) death in the pot. And they could not eat [thereof].
geneva@2Kings:4:41 @ Then he said, Bring meale; hee cast it into the potte, and sayd, Powre out for the people, that they may eate: and there was none euill in the pot.
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