2 Kings 4:10
So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.
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In Context
9And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.
11Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.
Matthew 25:40And the King will make answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Because you did it to the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Luke 8:3And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's chief house-servant, and Susanna and a number of others, who gave him of their wealth for his needs.
Hebrews 10:24And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;
1 Peter 4:9Keep open house for all with a glad heart;
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:9-18
The Shunammite's Hospitality. ( b. c. 893.) 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 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,… Read the whole commentary →