2 Kings 4:40
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 4:40 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 4:40 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 4:40 — KJV
“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 death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.”
— 2 Kings 4:40 (KJV)
2 Kings 4:40 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 4:40
“And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:40: eat, came, pass
“And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:40: men, came, pass
“And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:40: men, eat, came
“When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; waves: or, pangs ungodly...: Heb. Belial”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:40: men, eat, pass
“And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:40: came, pass, cried
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