KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
WEB World English Bible
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.”
ASV American Standard Version
Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — 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.
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] an 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, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what [is] to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
נַֽעֲשֶׂה־H6213 · a.sahto make: doנָּ֤אH4994 · napleaseעֲלִיַּת־H5944 · a.liy.yahupper roomקִיר֙H7023 · qirwallקְטַנָּ֔הH6996 · qa.tansmallוְנָשִׂ֨יםH7760 · sumto set: makeל֥וֹH9033 · ohimשָׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereמִטָּ֥הH4296 · mit.tahbedוְשֻׁלְחָ֖ןH7979 · shul.chantableוְכִסֵּ֣אH3678 · kis.sethroneוּמְנוֹרָ֑הH4501 · me.no.rahlampstandוְהָיָ֛הH1961 · ha.yahto beבְּבֹא֥וֹH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֵ֖ינוּH413 · elto(wards)יָס֥וּרH5493 · surto turn aside: removeשָֽׁמָּה׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.Matthew 10:41-42He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.Matthew 25:40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.Hebrews 10:24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:1 Peter 4:9-10Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Hebrews 13:2Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.Mark 9:41For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.Isaiah 32:8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.Luke 8:3And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.1 Kings 17:19And 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.
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