2 Kings 4:21 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:21

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

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ASV

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

WEB

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

YLT

And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth the door upon him, and goeth out,

DBT

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man ofGod, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
2 Kings 4:10
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.
1 Kings 17:19
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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), expecting that he will stand her friend. O woman! great is thy faith. he that wrought it would not frustrate it. The sorrowful mother's application to the prophet on this sad occasion; for it happened very opportunely that he was now at the college upon Mount Carmel, not far off.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Bed of the man of God - Being apt to believe, he that so soon took away what he had given, would restore what he had taken away. By this faith women received their dead raised to life. In this faith she makes no preparation for the burial of her child, but for his resurrection.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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