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
Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine 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 stew for the sons of the prophets."
Amos 7:14
Then Amos answered Amaziah, "I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;
Luke 15:16
He wanted to fill his belly with the husks that the pigs ate, but no one gave him any.