This setting before the prophet, implies receiving instruction: probably expounding the scripture. Ezekiel 8:1.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 4:38
2 Kings 4:38
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.