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

19Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother.” 20So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died. She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and left him there. 22She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.” 23“Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will be all right.”

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 build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then he will have a place to stay whenever he comes by.”
• 1 Kings 17:19But Elijah replied, “Give me your son.” And he took the child’s body from her arms, carried him up the stairs to the room where he was staying, and laid the body 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

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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