2 Kings 4:10

2 Kings 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
• New International Version (NIV)Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

Context of 2 Kings 4:10

8One day, Elisha went to Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She asked Elisha to eat a meal with her family. So every time that he went near her house, he stopped there to eat a meal. 9Then the woman said to her husband, ‘Listen! I believe that this man who often eats with us is a holy man who serves God. We should make a small room on the roof of our house for him. We can put a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp in the room. Then, when he comes to visit us, he can stay there.’ 11One day, Elisha came to Shunem again. He went up to the room on the roof. He lay down to rest there. 12He told Gehazi, his servant, ‘Ask the woman to come here.’ So Gehazi did that. The woman came and she stood in front of Elisha.

2 Kings 4:10 word by word

נַֽעֲשֶׂה־נָּ֤א עֲלִיַּת־קִיר֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְנָשִׂ֨ים ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם מִטָּ֥ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ן וְכִסֵּ֣א וּמְנוֹרָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה בְּבֹא֥וֹ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ יָס֥וּר שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a littleקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• chamberעֲלִיָּה‛ălîyâh · upper roomH5944
• I pray thee, on the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• and let us setשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• for him there a bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• and a tableשֻׁלְחָןshûlchân · tableH7979
• and a stoolכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throne: seatH3678
• and a candlestickמְנוֹרָהmenôrâh menôrâh · lampstandH4501
• and it shall be, when he comethבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to us, that he shall turnסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: turn asideH5493

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:10

• Isaiah 32:8But good people think of ways that they can be kind to others. They do the good things that they have decided to do.
• Matthew 10:41Somebody may accept a prophet into his home because the visitor is a prophet of God. God will bless that person like he blesses a prophet. Or he may accept a good man who obeys God, because the man is good. God will bless that person like he blesses the good man.
• Matthew 25:40The king will answer them, “I tell you this: You did all these things to help other people. They were not important people, but they were my friends. When you helped them, then you also helped me.”
• Mark 9:41Somebody may give you a cup of water because you are a servant of the Messiah. I tell you this: God will bless that person and he will never lose God's help.
• Luke 8:3Another of the women was Joanna, the wife of Chuza. Chuza had authority over all the people that worked in the house of King Herod. Another of the women was Susanna. There were also many others. These women were using their own money to help Jesus and his disciples.
• Romans 12:13If any of God's people need anything, then help them with what you have. Always be happy to let people stay in your home.
• Hebrews 10:24We should think about how we can help one another. We want everyone to show love to each other. We want everyone to do good things to help one another.
• Hebrews 13:2Always remember to be kind to strangers. Let them stay in your homes. In this way, some people have received angels as visitors, and they did not know that they were angels.
• 1 Peter 4:9Always be happy to have other believers as visitors in your homes.
• 2 Kings 3:20The next morning, at the time when they offered the morning sacrifice, the water appeared! It came from the direction of Edom so that the land was full of water!
• 1 Kings 17:19Elijah replied, ‘Give your son to me.’ He took her son from her arms. He carried the boy upstairs, to the room where he was staying. He put the boy down to lie on his bed.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Let us make a little chamber - See the note upon Judges 3:20; (note). As the woman was convinced that Elisha was a prophet, she knew that he must have need of more privacy than the general state of her house could afford; and therefore she proposes what she knew would be a great acquisition to him, as he could live in this little chamber in as much privacy as if he were in his own house. The bed, the table, the stool, and the candlestick, were really…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10A little chamber on the wall - The room probably projected like a balcony beyond the lower apartments - an arrangement common in the East. A stool - Rather, “a chair.” The “chair” and “table,” unusual in the sleeping-rooms of the East, indicate that the prophet was expected to use his apartment for study and retirement, not only as a sleeping-chamber.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Elisha was well thought of by the king of Israel for his late services; a good man can take as much pleasure in serving others, as in raising himself. But the Shunammite needed not any good offices of this kind. It is a happiness to dwell among our own people, that love and respect us, and to whom we are able to do good. It would be well with many, if they did but know when they are really well off. The Lord sees the secret wish which is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10The Shunemite woman knew Elisha was a true prophet, a holy man of God. She wanted to offer him hospitality during his travels (see Isaiah 58:7; Hebrews 13:2; 3 John 1:5). She provided a small room on the roof, accessible by an outside stairway, ensuring privacy for both Elisha and his hosts.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Let us make a little chamber--not build, but prepare it. She meant a room in the oleah, the porch, or gateway (2Sa 18:33; 1Ki 17:19), attached to the front of the house, leading into the court and inner apartments. The front of the house, excepting the door, is a dead wall, and hence this room is called a chamber in the wall. It is usually appropriated to the use of strangers, or lodgers for a night, and, from its seclusion, convenient for study or…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:10

• House
• Minister, Christian
• Shunammite
• Stool
• Table
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Bedchamber
• Careful
• Chamber
• Desire
• Dwellings
• Shunem
• Candle; Candlestick
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings