2 Kings 4:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

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].

Ver. 40. Death in the pot.] For this drug is not only bitter, but poisonous and pernicious, causing cruel torments.

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.