Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
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 unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Amos 7:14
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:
Luke 15:16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.