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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 4:39

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2 Kings4:39

39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine , and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap[illegible: 1+ letters]l, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.

A Plant called Coloquintida, whose Gourds or Leaves resemble the Leaves of a Vine, and are very bitter, and pernicious to the eater.

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