And Elisha came again. — Now Elisha had returned, commencing a new narrative. The word “return” refers to the prophet’s annual visit. (Comp. 2 Kings 4:25, and 2 Kings 2:1, Notes.) The story is not put in chronological sequence with the foregoing.
And there was a dearth. — And the famine was.
The sons of the prophets were sitting before him. — As disciples before a master; probably in a common hall, which served for lecture, work, and dining-room. (Comp. 2 Kings 6:1; Ezekiel 8:1; Ezekiel 14:1; Acts 22:3.)
His servant. — Perhaps not Gehazi, but one of the sons of the prophets. So in 2 Kings 4:43.
Seethe pottage. — Genesis 25:29.