2 Kings 4:21

2 Kings 4:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
• New International Version (NIV)She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out.

Context of 2 Kings 4:21

19He said to his father, “My head, my head.” And he said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and went out. 22Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.” 23He said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath.” And she said, “It will be well.”

2 Kings 4:21 word by word

וַתַּ֙עַל֙ וַתַּשְׁכִּבֵ֔הוּ עַל־מִטַּ֖ת אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַתִּסְגֹּ֥ר בַּעֲד֖וֹ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

• She wentעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• him on the bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• behindבַּ֫עַדbe‛ad · about/through/forH1157
• him and wentיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:21

• 2 Kings 4:10Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”
• 1 Kings 17:19He said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Laid him on the bed of the man of God - She had no doubt heard that Elijah had raised the widow's son of Zarephath to life; and she believed that he who had obtained this gift from God for her, could obtain his restoration to life.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-37Verses 18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21laid him on the bed of the man of God: By doing this, the woman kept her son's death a secret and showed her belief in Elisha's power to perform a miracle.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Shunammite
• Women

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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