📖WEB · 2 Kings 4:44
What does 2 Kings 4:44 mean?
"So he set it before them, and they ate, and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word."
— 2 Kings 4:44 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But he said, “Then bring meal.” He threw it into the pot; and he said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
His servant said, “What, should I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give the people, that they may eat; for Yahweh says, ‘They will eat, and will have some left over.’”
So he set it before them, and they ate, and had some left over, according to Yahweh’s word.
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