2 Kings 4:11
in 2 Kings 4One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
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ASV
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
KJV
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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This verse in 2 Kings 4
Commentary
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turned into the chamber, and
on 2 Kings 4:11-13
Elisha's gratitude moves through his servant Gehazi rather than directly, the household protocol of a guest testing what recompense might be welcome. The offer to speak for her to the king or the army's captain shows Elisha's standing reaches into the royal court itself, yet the woman answers that she dwells content among her own people, asking nothing that access to power could buy. Her steadiness here is the same steadiness the chapter will ask of her twice more, once at her son's death and once at his return to life.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), and, as it should seem, his man in the same chamber, for he was far from taking state. Elisha's gratitude for this kindness. Being exceedingly pleased with the quietness of his apartment, and the friendliness of his entertainment, he began to consider with himself what recompence he should make her.
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And it fell on a day that he came thither,.... As he had been wont to do: and he turned into the chamber; built for him, and to which he was directed: and lay there; all night, and which no doubt was frequently repeated by him, he accepting of the kindness of his host.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֥י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| הַיּ֖וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַיָּ֣בֹא | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| שָׁ֑מָּה | shamah | there towards | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וַיָּ֥סַר | vaiyasar | and he turned aside | H5493 → | 299 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה | haaliyah | the upper room | H5944 → | 20 times |
| וַיִּשְׁכַּב־ | vaiyishkav- | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| שָֽׁמָּה׃ | shamah | there <towards> | H8033 → | 834 times |
וַיְהִ֥יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
הַיּ֖וֹםthe day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
וַיָּ֣בֹאand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
שָׁ֑מָּהthere towards
shamahH8033 →834 times
וַיָּ֥סַרand he turned aside
vaiyasarH5493 →299 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעֲלִיָּ֖הthe upper room
haaliyahH5944 →20 times
וַיִּשְׁכַּב־and he lay down
vaiyishkav-H7901 →212 times
שָֽׁמָּה׃there <towards>
shamahH8033 →834 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.