2 Kings 4:10

let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'

Young's Literal 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 saith unto her husband, 'Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;

11And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,

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Cross References

Isaiah 32:8And the noble counselled noble things, And he for noble things riseth up.

Matthew 25:40'And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] to one of these my brethren — the least — to me ye did [it].

Luke 8:3and Joanna wife of Chuza, steward of Herod, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to him from their substance.

Hebrews 10:24and may we consider one another to provoke to love and to good works,

1 Peter 4:9hospitable to one 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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