2 Kings 4:8-10
New English Translation
Elisha Gives Life to a Boy
8 One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent[a] woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal.[b] So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.[c] 9 She said to her husband, “Look, I’m sure[d] that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet.[e] 10 Let’s make a small, private upper room[f] and furnish it with[g] a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”
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- 2 Kings 4:8 tn Heb “great,” perhaps “wealthy.”
- 2 Kings 4:8 tn Or “she urged him to eat some food.”
- 2 Kings 4:8 tn Or “he would turn aside there to eat some food.”
- 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 4:8-10
English Standard Version
Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
8 One day Elisha went on to (A)Shunem, where a (B)wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy (C)man of God who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”
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