Biblical Prophets - Bible Study Online
So here we find that prophet Elisha had went to visit the Prophet Academy that was located in Gilgal. Upon arrival we are told that there was a famine that was going on within the land. For what reason we are not told. As for the duration of the famine, some may say seven years, but according to the Bible no time frame had been mention. Now after Elisha had arrived at the Gilgal Prophet Academy we find that he was meeting with the students. While he was meeting with the student prophets of Gilgal, Elisha had asked his servant to go and cook a large pot of stew, so that the students could eat. We find that one of the students was designated to go out into the fields and pick some herbs for the stew. While the student was out he came across a wild vine. He decided to pick some of its wild gourds and he did so until the fold of his cloak was full. The student would return and he would begin cutting up the wild gourds so they could be placed in the pot of stew. Now nobody knew what kind of wild gourds these were as they were being placed in the pot. Finally the pot of stew was finished and poured into the bowls for the students to have and eat. Then the men began to eat, "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" they would cry out to Elisha. "Bring me some flour," said Elisha. They brought him some flour and the prophet poured it into the pot of stew. The stew would immediately cease from being poisonous to now being purified and safe to eat. "Serve it to the people so they can eat," Elisha would tell his servant. Sometime later we find that the famine was starting to lift and Elisha was presented with a gift. This gift came from a man who had traveled from Baal Shalishah, to bring Elisha a gift of twenty loaves of bread and a sack of corn. Being that the land had been under a famine season, having a gift that consisted of food was quite valuable. This food was the first fruits that came from the man's harvest. When Elisha had received the gift he immediately told his servant, "Give it to the students to eat." Now the gift of food was more than enough for Elisha, but when the prophet wanted to give it to the students this would be a little difficult. Being that there was one hundred men at the Academy, the gift of food would not be enough for all them to have. "How can I set this before one hundred men," Gehazi would say to Elisha. "Give it to the people to eat, for this is what the Lord says: 'They will eat and have some left over.'" So Gehazi went ahead and did as he was told and set the twenty loaves of bread and the sack of corn before the students. So the men did eat and there was some left over according to the word of the Lord. Start at the Beginning: Elijah the Fire Prophet 13) Elijah and the Chariot of Fire 15) Elisha - She Bears Attacking 17) The Blood Water 19) Shunammite's Son Raised From The Dead 20) <-CURRENT PAGE-> 24) The Siege of the Dark Famine 26) The Shunammite's Divine Provision 27) Hazael Anointed Syrian King 29) Jehu Is Anointed King of Israel 30) The Demise of Jehoram & Ahaziah 
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