2 Kings 4:10 “Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table,…”

2 Kings 4:10

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Please, let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Let vs make him a litle chamber, I pray thee, with walles, and let vs set him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke, that hee may turne in thither when hee commeth to vs.

Darby Translation

Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

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.'

Bible in Basic English

So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

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Cross references

“Let us”

Romans 12:13 Matthew 25:40 Hebrews 10:24 Hebrews 13:2 Isaiah 32:8 Mark 9:41

Romans 12:13 · BSB

Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.

Matthew 25:40 · BSB

And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Hebrews 10:24 · BSB

And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.

Hebrews 13:2 · BSB

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Isaiah 32:8 · BSB

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Mark 9:41 · BSB

Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

“a little chamber”

1 Kings 17:19

1 Kings 17:19 · BSB

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

11One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

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