⁴⁰ Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.

¹⁷ Let me now have forgiveness for my sin this time only, and make prayer to the Lord your God that he will take away from me this death only.

²³ And when they came to Marah, the water was no good for drinking, for the waters of Marah were bitter, which is why it was named Marah.

¹ Now this is the blessing which Moses, the man of God, gave to the children of Israel before his death.

¹⁸ And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

⁹ Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

¹¹ Then the king sent another captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he said to Elijah, O man of God, the king says, Come down quickly.

¹³ Then he sent a third captain of fifty with his fifty men; and the third captain of fifty went up, and falling on his knees before Elijah, requesting mercy of him, said, O man of God, let my life and the life of these your fifty servants be of value to you.

⁹ And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.

¹⁸ They will take up snakes, and if there is poison in their drink, it will do them no evil; they will put their hands on those who are ill, and they will get well.