⁵ “After that you will come to the Hill of God^[a](A) where there are Philistine garrisons.^[b] When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets^(B) coming down from the high place prophesying.^(C) They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

³ Then the sons of the prophets^(A) who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”^(B)

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

⁵ Then the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

⁷ Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood facing them from a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

The Deadly Stew

³⁸ When Elisha returned to Gilgal,^(A) there was a famine^(B) in the land. The sons of the prophets^(C) were sitting at his feet.^[a](D) He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”