2 Kings 4:38

And Elisha came again to Gilgal ,.... Where he was with Elijah a little before his assumption to heaven, 2 Kings 2:1 and whither he went, there being a school of the prophets, as he did to all places where there were any, and where he had been before with Elijah; partly to instruct, encourage, and strengthen them, and partly to confirm his office as a prophet by miracles, which he did in several places he came to:

and there was a dearth in the land ; a famine through drought:

and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him : as disciples before their master, see Acts 22:3 .

and he said unto his servant ; very probably Gehazi:

set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets ; who seemed to have lived together in one house or college, and to be to the number of one hundred, see 2 Kings 4:43 and therefore required to have a large pot set on to boil pottage for them all.