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Elisha said, “Give it to the people so they can eat.” <a href="/esv/2_kings/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.” <a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/2_kings/4.htm">King James Bible</a> And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Then a man came from Baal Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and newly ripened grain in his knapsack. And he said, “Give it to the people, that they may eat.” <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.” <a href="/nasb/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, &#8220Give them to the people that they may eat.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.” <a href="/lsb/2_kings/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat.” <a href="/amp/2_kings/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.” <a href="/csb/2_kings/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, &#8220Give it to the people to eat.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_kings/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. <a href="/cev/2_kings/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> A man from the town of Baal-Shalishah brought Elisha some freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of bread made from the first barley that was harvested. Elisha said, "Give it to the people so they can eat." <a href="/erv/2_kings/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> A man from Baal Shalisha brought bread made from the first harvested grain, 20 barley loaves, and fresh grain to the man of God. The man of God said, "Give it to the people to eat." <a href="/gnt/2_kings/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Another time, a man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing Elisha twenty loaves of bread made from the first barley harvested that year, and some freshly-cut heads of grain. Elisha told his servant to feed the group of prophets with this, <a href="/isv/2_kings/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Later on, a man arrived from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God some bread as a first fruit offering. He had 20 loaves of barley and ripe ears of corn in his sack. So Elisha said, "Give them to the people so they can eat." <a href="/msb/2_kings/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_kings/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet--twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat." <a href="/nheb/2_kings/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God 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." <a href="/wbt/2_kings/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat. <a href="/web/2_kings/4.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And a man has come from Ba‘al-Shalishah, and brings to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of grain in its husk, and he says, “Give to the people, and they eat.” <a href="/ylt/2_kings/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, 'Give to the people, and they eat.' <a href="/slt/2_kings/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And a man came from the lord of three, and he will bring to the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty of bread of barley, and garden fruits in his sack; and he will say, Give to the people, and they shall eat.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And a certain man came from Baalsalisa bringing to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty leaves of barley, and new corn in his scrip. And he said: Give to the people, that they may eat. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Now a certain man arrived from Baal-Shalishah, carrying, for the man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and new grain in his satchel. But he said, “Give it to the people, so that they may eat.” <a href="/nabre/2_kings/4.htm">New American Bible</a> A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing the man of God twenty barley loaves made from the first fruits, and fresh grain in the ear. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.” <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing food from the first fruits to the man of God: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give it to the people and let them eat.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And there came a certain man from the city of giants, and brought the prophet of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and new wheat rubbed from the ears in a cloth. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And a man came from the City of Giants, and he brought to the Prophet of God bread of first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and new corn rubbed from the ears, in fine linen, and he said: “Give to the people and they shall eat!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said: 'Give unto the people, that they may eat.' <a href="/sep/2_kings/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And there came a man over from Baetharisa, and brought to the man of God twenty barley loaves and cakes of figs, of the first-fruits. And he said, Give to the people, and let them eat. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/4-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1386" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/4.htm">Feeding a Hundred Men</a> 42<a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: wə·’îš (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">Now a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/1190.htm" title="1190: mib·ba·‘al (Prep) -- Baal of Shalishah, a place in Pal. From Ba'al and Shalishah; Baal of Shalishah, Baal-Shalishah, a place in Palestine.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1190.htm" title="1190: šā·li·šāh (Prep:: N-proper-fs) -- Baal of Shalishah, a place in Pal. From Ba'al and Shalishah; Baal of Shalishah, Baal-Shalishah, a place in Palestine.">Baal-shalishah</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: way·yā·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lə·’îš (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">to the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6861.htm" title="6861: bə·ṣiq·lō·nōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Perhaps garment. From an unused root meaning to wind; a sack.">with a sack</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: ‘eś·rîm- (Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth.">of twenty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-msc) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">loaves</a> <a href="/hebrew/8184.htm" title="8184: śə·‘ō·rîm (N-fp) -- Barley. Or snowrah; and; also s or; or s-owr; from sa'ar in the sense of roughness; barley.">of barley</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-msc) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/1061.htm" title="1061: bik·kū·rîm (N-mp) -- First fruits. From bakar; the first-fruits of the crop.">from the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/3759.htm" title="3759: wə·ḵar·mel (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth. From kerem; a planted field; by implication, garden produce.">ripe grain.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tên (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">“Give</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: lā·‘ām (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">it to the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·yō·ḵê·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said Elisha.</a> 43But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’ ”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/6-9.htm">John 6:9-13</a> “Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?” / “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them. / Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. ... <a href="/matthew/14-17.htm">Matthew 14:17-21</a> “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered. / “Bring them here to Me,” Jesus said. / And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ... <a href="/mark/6-38.htm">Mark 6:38-44</a> “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.” / Then Jesus directed them to have the people sit in groups on the green grass. / So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. ... <a href="/luke/9-13.htm">Luke 9:13-17</a> But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.” / (There were about five thousand men.) He told His disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” / They did so, and everyone was seated. ... <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-5</a> Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. / Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.” <a href="/1_samuel/9-7.htm">1 Samuel 9:7-8</a> “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?” / The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.” <a href="/1_kings/17-8.htm">1 Kings 17:8-16</a> Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: / “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” / So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” ... <a href="/matthew/15-34.htm">Matthew 15:34-38</a> “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.” / And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. / Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ... <a href="/mark/8-5.htm">Mark 8:5-9</a> “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied. / And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd. / They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well. ... <a href="/john/6-5.htm">John 6:5-7</a> When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?” / But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do. / Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.” <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7-9</a> Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. / The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. / When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a> He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. <a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a> Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ... <a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3-4</a> They all ate the same spiritual food / and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.Baal-shalisha<a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm">1 Samuel 9:4,7</a> And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not… bread<a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">2 Kings 4:38</a> And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the 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.<a href="/exodus/23-16.htm">Exodus 23:16</a> And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-6.htm">Deuteronomy 12:6</a> And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:of barley<a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">2 Kings 7:1,16-18</a> Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria… <a href="/deuteronomy/8-8.htm">Deuteronomy 8:8</a> A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;<a href="/deuteronomy/32-14.htm">Deuteronomy 32:14</a> Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.the husk thereof.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-28.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-28.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-45.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-41.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-41.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm">First</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-10.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-10.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/judges/16-8.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-39.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/numbers/6-4.htm">Husk</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-3.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-23.htm">New</a> <a href="/judges/8-32.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-7.htm">Sack</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm">Shalishah</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-40.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-42.htm">Twenty</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-31.htm">Baked</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-1.htm">Barley</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-26.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-8.htm">Eli'sha</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">First</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">Firstfruits</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/31-5.htm">First-Fruits</a> <a href="/job/10-17.htm">Fresh</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-6.htm">Fruits</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-17.htm">Full</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-32.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-32.htm">Heads</a> <a href="/numbers/6-4.htm">Husk</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-32.htm">Loaves</a> <a href="/2_kings/16-14.htm">New</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-28.htm">Ripe</a> <a href="/luke/10-4.htm">Sack</a> <a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm">Shalishah</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-26.htm">Twenty</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 4</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">Elisha multiplies the widow's oil</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">He obtains a son for the good Shunammite</a> 18. <a href="/2_kings/4-18.htm">He restores her son when dead</a> 38. <a href="/2_kings/4-38.htm">At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage</a> 42. <a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The name "Baal" indicates a place associated with a local deity, common in Canaanite culture before Israel's conquest. This man's journey from Baal-shalishah to meet Elisha suggests a recognition of Elisha's prophetic authority and a willingness to support his ministry, despite the region's pagan associations.came to the man of God The term "man of God" is a title often used for prophets in the Old Testament, emphasizing their role as God's spokespersons. Elisha, as a successor to Elijah, was recognized for his prophetic ministry and miracles, which affirmed his divine calling and authority.with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread Barley was a common grain in ancient Israel, often associated with the food of the poor due to its lower cost compared to wheat. The offering of twenty loaves indicates a significant gift, reflecting generosity and faith, especially during a time of famine (as indicated earlier in the chapter).from the first ripe grain Offering the first fruits was a practice rooted in the Law of Moses, symbolizing trust in God's provision and acknowledging His sovereignty. This act of bringing the first ripe grain to Elisha demonstrates obedience to God's commands and a recognition of the prophet's role in God's work.“Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. Elisha's instruction to distribute the bread reflects a theme of divine provision, reminiscent of God's provision of manna in the wilderness. This act prefigures the miracles of Jesus, particularly the feeding of the 5,000, highlighting God's ability to multiply resources and meet the needs of His people. Elisha's command also underscores the importance of sharing God's blessings with others, a principle echoed throughout Scripture.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a> A prophet of God who succeeded Elijah. Known for performing miracles and guiding the people of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/m/man_from_baal-shalishah.htm">Man from Baal-shalishah</a> An unnamed man who brought the firstfruits of his harvest to Elisha, demonstrating faith and obedience. 3. <a href="/topical/b/baal-shalishah.htm">Baal-shalishah</a> A region in Israel, possibly known for its agricultural produce. 4. <a href="/topical/b/barley_loaves.htm">Barley Loaves</a> Twenty loaves made from the first ripe grain, symbolizing the firstfruits offering. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_people.htm">The People</a> Likely a group of prophets or followers of Elisha who were in need of sustenance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a> The man from Baal-shalishah demonstrated faith by bringing his firstfruits to Elisha, trusting in God's provision. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a> Just as God provided through Elisha, He continues to provide for His people today, often in unexpected ways. <a href="/topical/g/generosity_and_obedience.htm">Generosity and Obedience</a> The act of giving the firstfruits reflects a heart of generosity and obedience to God's commands. <a href="/topical/m/miracles_of_multiplication.htm">Miracles of Multiplication</a> God can multiply our limited resources when we offer them in faith, as seen in both Elisha's and Jesus' miracles. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_sharing.htm">Community and Sharing</a> The sharing of resources within the community of believers is a biblical principle that strengthens and sustains the body of Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 4</a> <a href="/q/how_did_elisha_save_the_shunammite's_son.htm">How did Elisha help the Shunammite woman's son live?</a> <a href="/q/what_do_elijah_and_elisha_teach.htm">What lessons do Elijah and Elisha teach us?</a> <a href="/q/how_accept_feeding_thousands_sans_evidence.htm">John 6:5–13: How can the feeding of thousands with just five loaves and two fish be accepted without historical or scientific evidence for a large-scale miracle event? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_5_loaves,_2_fish_feed_thousands.htm">In Matthew 14:15–21, how can five loaves and two fish realistically feed thousands of people? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(42) Baal-shalisha.--Probably the same as Bethshalisha, mentioned by Jerome and Eusebius, fifteen Roman miles north of Lydda-Diospolis, and not far west of Gilgal and Bethel. (Comp. "the land of Shalisha," <a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm" title="And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.">1Samuel 9:4</a>. Its name, Shalisha--as if Three-land--seems to allude to the three wadies, which there meet in the Wady Qurawa.)Bread of the firstfruits.--Comp. <a href="/numbers/18-13.htm" title="And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it.">Numbers 18:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-4.htm" title="The first fruit also of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him.">Deuteronomy 18:4</a>, according to which all firstfruits of grain were to be given to the priests and Levites. Such presents to prophets appear to have been usual in ordinary times. On the present occasion, which was "a time of dearth" (<a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm" title="And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.">2Kings 4:42</a> is connected by the construction with the preceding narrative), one pious person brought his opportune gift to Elisha.And full ears of corn in the husk thereof.--Heb., and karmel in his wallet. The word karmel occurs besides in <a href="/leviticus/2-14.htm" title="And if you offer a meat offering of your first fruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the meat offering of your first fruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.">Leviticus 2:14</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm" title="And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that you have brought an offering to your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.">Leviticus 23:14</a>. The Targum and Syriac render "bruised grain;" the Jewish expositors "tender and fresh ears of corn." In some parts of England unripe corn is made into a dish called "frumenty." The word ciqlon only occurs in this place. The Vulg. renders it by pera ("wallet"). The LXX. (Alex.) repeats the Hebrew in Greek letters. The Vatican omits the word. It reads: "twenty barley loaves and cakes of pressed fruit" (???????). The Syriac gives "garment." . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 42-44. - 4. The feeding of a hundred men on twenty loaves. Verse 42. - And there came a man from Baal-shalisha. "Baal-shalisha" is reasonably identified with the "Beth-shalisha" of Eusebius and Jerome, which they place twelve Roman miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda (now Ludd). By "north" we must probably understand "northeast," since the "land of Shalisha" lay between the territories of Ephraim and Benjamin (<a href="/1_samuel/9-4.htm">1 Samuel 9:4</a>). The position thus indicated would not be very far from the Gilgal (Jiljileh) of <a href="/2_kings/2.htm">2 Kings 2</a>. and 2 Kings 4:38. And brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits. It is clear that the more pious among the Israelites not only looked to the prophets for religious instruction (ver. 23), but regarded them as having inherited the position of the Levitical priests whom Jeroboam's innovations had driven from the country. The firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil were assigned by the Law (<a href="/numbers/18-13.htm">Numbers 18:13</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/18-4.htm">Deuteronomy 18:4, 5</a>) to the priests. Twenty loaves of barley. The "loaves" of the Israelites were cakes or rolls, rather than "loaves" in the modern sense of the word. Each partaker of a meal usually had one for himself. Naturally, twenty "loaves" would be barely sufficient for twenty men. And full ears of corn; i.e. a few ripe ears of the same corn as that whereof the bread was made. Ears of corn were offered as firstfruits at the Passover (<a href="/leviticus/23-10.htm">Leviticus 23:10</a>), and were regarded as the most natural and becoming tokens of gratitude for God's harvest mercies. In the husk thereof; rather, in his bag, or in his sack (see the Revised Version). And he said, Give unto the people - i.e., to the sons of the prophets who dwelt at Gilgal - that they may eat. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/4-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Now a man וְאִ֨ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person from מִבַּ֣עַל (mib·ba·‘al) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> Baal-shalishah שָׁלִ֗שָׁה (šā·li·šāh) Preposition | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1190.htm">Strong's 1190: </a> Baal-shalishah -- 'Baal of Shalishah', a place in Palestine came בָּ֜א (bā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to the man לְאִ֨ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of God הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative with a sack בְּצִקְלֹנ֑וֹ (bə·ṣiq·lō·nōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6861.htm">Strong's 6861: </a> Perhaps garment of twenty עֶשְׂרִֽים־ (‘eś·rîm-) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6242.htm">Strong's 6242: </a> Twenty, twentieth loaves לֶ֤חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain of barley שְׂעֹרִ֔ים (śə·‘ō·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8184.htm">Strong's 8184: </a> Barley bread לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> Food, bread, grain from the first בִּכּוּרִים֙ (bik·kū·rîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1061.htm">Strong's 1061: </a> The first-fruits of the crop ripe grain. וְכַרְמֶ֖ל (wə·ḵar·mel) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3759.htm">Strong's 3759: </a> A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth “Give תֵּ֥ן (tên) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set it to the people לָעָ֖ם (lā·‘ām) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock to eat,” וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (wə·yō·ḵê·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat said Elisha. וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/4-42.htm">2 Kings 4:42 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-42.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 4:42 There came a man from Baal Shalishah (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/4-41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 4:41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/4-43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 4:43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 4:43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>