2 Kings 4:10

Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

11And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.

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Cross References

Isaiah 32:8But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.

Matthew 25:40And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.

Luke 8:3and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

Hebrews 10:24and let us consider one another for provoking to love and good works;

1 Peter 4:9hospitable one to another, without murmuring;

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 →

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