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We have reached a point from within this Sacred Account, were we find that prophet Elisha had went to visit the "Prophet Academy" that was located in Gilgal.

Upon the prophet's arrival, we are told that there was a famine that was going on within the land.

For what reason, we are not told -- since the famine could be some kind of divine judgment that has taken place against the land.

As for the duration of the famine, some may say... seven years, but according to the Sacred Record, 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 student prophets was designated to go out into the fields and pick some herbs for the stew they were going to have. While the student prophet 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 prophet would return and he would begin cutting up the wild gourds so they could be placed in the pot of stew. Keep in mind, that 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 eating bowls for the student prophets to have and eat. But they knew something was wrong with the stew, so they called out to Elisha: "O man of God, there is death in the pot!"

After hearing this, Elisha responded: "Bring me some flour." So they brought him some flour and Elisha poured it into the pot of stew. After he had done this, the stew would immediately cease from being poisonous and was now being purified and safe to eat. After Elisha had realized the results from his efforts, he said: "Serve it to the people so they can eat."

Sometime later, we find that the famine was starting to lift and Elisha at this time, was presented with a gift. This gift came from a man who had traveled from Baal Shalishah. This gift consisted of twenty loaves of bread and a sack of corn. This was considered a very valuable gift, since the land had been afflicted by a famine for some time, having a gift that consisted of food was quite valuable. I would also like to point out, that this food was the "first fruits" that had came from the man's harvest of that year.

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 prove, to be a little difficult. Understand that there was one hundred students at the "Gilgal Prophet Academy."

The gift of food that Elisha had received, wasn't going to be enough, to feed all of the students. After realizing this, Elisha's servant Gehazi, would express his concern: "How can I set this before one hundred men?"

Elisha listen to him and replied: "Give it to the people to eat, for this is what the Lord says: 'They will eat and have some left over.'" So Gehazi did as he was told and went ahead and placed the set the twenty loaves of bread and the sack of corn before the students. After doing so, the men did eat and there was some left over, just like Elisha had foretold.

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