2 Kings 4:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

death. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Effect), for that which causes death.

2 Kings 4:40

40 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.