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2 Kings 4:9-11
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9 She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure[a] that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.[b] 10 Let’s make a small, private upper room[c] and furnish it with[d] a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

11 One day Elisha[e] came for a visit; he went[f] into the upper room and rested.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:9 tn Heb “I know.”
  2. 2 Kings 4:9 tn Heb “holy man of God.”
  3. 2 Kings 4:10 tn Heb “a small upper room of a wall.” According to HALOT 832 s.v. עֲלִיָּה, this refers to “a fully walled upper room.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:10 tn Heb “and let’s put there for him.”
  5. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  6. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “turned aside.”
  7. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Or “slept there.”
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