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2 Kings 4:9-11
New English Translation
2 Kings 4:9-11
New English Translation
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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- 2 Kings 4:9 tn Heb “I know.”
- 2 Kings 4:9 tn Heb “holy man of God.”
- 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.”
- 2 Kings 4:10 tn Heb “and let’s put there for him.”
- 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “turned aside.”
- 2 Kings 4:11 tn Or “slept there.”
2 Kings 4:9-11
New International Version
2 Kings 4:9-11
New International Version
9 She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay(A) there whenever he comes to us.”
11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
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