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!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died. She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s bed. She shut the door behind her and left. 22She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.” 23He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.”

2 Kings 4:21 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she went upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• and laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• him on the bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• of the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and shutסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• upon him, and went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:21

• 2 Kings 4:10Let’s make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”
• 1 Kings 17:19He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his 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

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• man of God
• Aside
• Careful
• Desire
• Shunem
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Gehazi

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