iv. While still at Gilgal, Elisha was visited by a man from

Baal-shalisha (See 1 Sam. ix. 4), with 20 barley-loaves, and roasted ears of corn in his scrip or bag[386]. This moderate supply he ordered to be distributed amongst the people who were present, to the number of one hundred, and in reply to his hesitating “servitor” assured him that there would not only be enough, but that the people _would leave thereof_, which came to pass; and thus Elisha was enabled to anticipate the works of Christ (2 K. iv. 42–44).