2 KINGS 4:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.”
When they eat, they cry out: "O man of God, there is death in the pot!" — the poison is tasted but not immediately fatal; their warning allows Elisha to intervene. The phrase "death in the pot" evokes covenant curse language.
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