iii. Elisha is next found at Gilgal, at a time when there was a dearth

in the land. The sons of the prophets sat before him, and he bade the great caldron be set on, and pottage be seethed. Into the caldron one of the company shred wild gourds and grapes, and when they found out the contents, all exclaimed, _there is death in the pot_. Thereupon Elisha bade meal be cast into it, and the pottage was rendered fit for food (2 K. iv. 38–41).