Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

Bible References

For their meat

2 Kings 4:38
And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a dearth in the land, and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, nor was I a prophet's son, but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycamore trees.
Luke 15:16
And he longed to fill his belly from the husks that the swine ate, and no man gave to him.