Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 6:21

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 26, footnote 4 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 404 (In-Text, Margin)

... very sumptuous fare), but caused meal to be brought, and casting it in, sweetened the bitter mess with spiritual strength as Moses had once sweetened the waters of Mara. Again, when men were sent to arrest the prophet, and were smitten with physical and mental blindness, that he might bring them without their own knowledge to Samaria, notice the food with which Elisha ordered them to be refreshed. “Set bread and water,” he said, “before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.”[2 Kings 6:18-23] And Daniel, who might have had rich food from the king’s table, preferred the mower’s breakfast, brought to him by Habakkuk, which must have been but country fare. He was called “a man of desires,” because he would not eat the bread of desire or ...