2 Kings 4:10 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:10

Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

BSB

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ASV

Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall,.... Either of the city, to which their house might join, or of their garden, a little distance from the house; though the Jewish writers commonly understand it of a little edifice built up of walls of stone or bricks, and not one with reeds, or stud and mud: let us set for him there a bed; that he may stay all night when he pleases: and a table; not only to eat his food, but to write on, and lay his books on he reads.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That the stranger she would invite was a holy man of God, who therefore would do good to their family, and God would recompense the kindness done to him; perhaps she had heard how well paid the widow of Sarepta was for entertaining Elijah.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let us make a little chamber - See the note upon Jdg 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 every thing he could need, by way of accommodation, in such circumstances.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נַֽעֲשֶׂה־	na.'a.seh-	let us make	H6213 →
נָּ֤א	na'	please	H4994 →
עֲלִיַּת־	'a.li.yat-	an upper room of	H5944 →
קִיר֙	kir	a wall	H7023 →
קְטַנָּ֔ה	ke.ta.Nah	small	H6996 →
וְנָשִׂ֨ים	ve.na.Sim	and let us put	H7760 →
ל֥וֹ	lo	for him
שָׁ֛ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מִטָּ֥ה	mi.Tah	a bed	H4296 →
וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ן	ve.shul.Chan	and a table	H7979 →
וְכִסֵּ֣א	ve.khi.Se'	and a chair	H3678 →
וּמְנוֹרָ֑ה	u.me.no.Rah	and a lampstand	H4501 →
וְהָיָ֛ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בְּבֹא֥וֹ	be.vo.'O	when comes he	H935 →
אֵלֵ֖ינוּ	'e.Lei.nu	to us	H413 →
יָס֥וּר	ya.Sur	he will turn aside	H5493 →
שָֽׁמָּה׃	Sha.mah	there towards	H8033 →

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Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:11
  Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing.
- 1 John 3:18
  Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
- Hebrews 13:1
  Continue in brotherly love.
- Galatians 5:13
  For you, brothers, were called to freedom; but do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh. Rather, serve one another in love.
- Colossians 3:16
  Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to…
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Matthew 25:40
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
leads to
- Proverbs 19:17
  Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- Proverbs 14:31
  Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings