2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet65—twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain.66 Elisha67 said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

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65	tn Heb “man of God.”
66	tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.
67	tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.