2 Kings 4:10

Please let us make a little room on the wall. Let us set for him there a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand. It shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there."

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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

9She said to her husband, "See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passes by us continually.

11One day he came there, and he turned into the room and lay there.

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Cross References

Isaiah 32:8But the noble devises noble things;and he will continue in noble things.

Matthew 25:40"The King will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

Luke 8:3and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; Susanna; and many others; who served them from their possessions.

Hebrews 10:24Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

1 Peter 4:9Be hospitable to one another without grumbling.

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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