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So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of Yahweh.
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God's Miraculous Provision
Commentators affirm that this event was a genuine miracle of multiplication, not just an act of shared satisfaction. The small amount of food was supernaturally increased to feed 100 men with leftovers, precisely as God had declared through Elisha. This highlights God's direct power and faithfulness to provide for His people.
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19th Century
Anglican
Elisha among the sons of the prophets at Gilgal during the famine.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So he set it before them The twenty barley loaves, and the full ears of corn:
and they did eat, and le…
Presbyterian
There was a famine of bread, but not of hearing the word of God, for Elisha had the sons of the prophets sitting before him, to hear his wisdom. El…
