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2 Kings 4:11

One day Elisha came there and went into the room on the second floor, and rested.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shunammite;   Women;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Houses;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Furniture;   Hospitality;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dwelling;   Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   House;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Gehazi;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
One day he came there and stopped at the upstairs room to lie down.
Hebrew Names Version
It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
King James Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
English Standard Version
One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
New Century Version
One day Elisha came to the woman's house. After he went to his room and rested,
New English Translation
One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested.
Amplified Bible
One day he came there and turned in to the upper room and lay down to rest.
New American Standard Bible
Now one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and rested.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And on a day, hee came thither and turned into the chamber, and lay therein,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that one day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber, and there he lay down.
Contemporary English Version
The next time Elisha was in Shunem, he stopped at their house and went up to his room to rest.
Complete Jewish Bible
One day Elisha came to visit there, and he went into the upper room to lie down.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.
Easy-to-Read Version
One day Elisha came to the woman's house. He went to this room and rested there.
George Lamsa Translation
And it happened on a certain day, he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay there.
Good News Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem and went up to his room to rest.
Lexham English Bible
One day it happened that he came there and went to the upper room and lay down there.
Literal Translation
And the day came when he came in there and turned into the roof room, and lay there.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And it fortuned vpon a tyme, that he came in, & layed him downe in the chamber, & slepte therin.
American Standard Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Bible in Basic English
Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And it fortuned on a day that he came thither, and turned into the chamber, & lay therein,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber and lay there.
King James Version (1611)
And it fell on a day that hee came thither, and hee turned into the chamber, and lay there.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.
English Revised Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Berean Standard Bible
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor sum dai was maad, and he cam, and turnede in to the soler, and restide there.
Young's Literal Translation
And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,
Update Bible Version
And it fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
Webster's Bible Translation
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
World English Bible
It fell on a day, that he came there, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
New King James Version
And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.
New Living Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.
New Revised Standard
One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, on a day, that he came thither, - so he turned aside into the upper chamber, and slept there.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now, there was a certain day, when he came, and turned into the chamber, and rested there.
Revised Standard Version
One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
THE MESSAGE
And so it happened that the next time Elisha came by he went to the room and lay down for a nap.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.

Contextual Overview

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. An important woman was there, who talked him into eating some food. So every time he passed by, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 She said to her husband, "Now I see that this is a holy man of God who is always passing by. 10 Let us make a little room on the second floor. And let us put a bed there for him, and a table and a chair and a lamp. Then when he comes to us, he can go in there." 11 One day Elisha came there and went into the room on the second floor, and rested. 12 He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she came and stood in front of him. 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Now tell her, ‘See, you have done much for us. What can I do for you? Should I speak to the king or to the captain of the army for you?'" And she answered, "I live among my own people." 14 So Elisha said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "She has no son, and her husband is old." 15 Elisha said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood at the door. 16 Then he said, "At this time next year you will hold a son in your arms." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God. Do not lie to your woman servant." 17 Later she was going to have a child and she gave birth to a son at that time the next year, as Elisha had told her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:8 - it fell on

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
Then the Lord God said to the snake, "Because you have done this, you will be hated and will suffer more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You will go on your stomach and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
Genesis 4:14
See, this day You have made me go away from the land. And I will be hidden from Your face. I will run away and move from place to place. And whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:15
So the Lord said to him, "Whoever kills Cain will be punished by Me seven times worse." And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that any one who found him would not kill him.
Genesis 4:16
Then Cain went away from the face of the Lord, and stayed in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Genesis 4:19
Lamech took two wives for himself. The name of one was Adah. And the name of the other was Zillah.
Genesis 4:20
Adah gave birth to Jabal. He was the father of those who live in tents and have cattle.
Genesis 4:21
His brother's name was Jubal. He was the father of all those who play the harp and the horn.
Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he gave him the name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord.
Job 16:18
"O earth, do not cover my blood. Let my cry have no place to rest.
Isaiah 26:21
For see, the Lord is about to come out from His place to punish the people of the earth for their sin. And the earth will let the blood be seen that has poured on her. She will no longer cover her dead.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it fell on a day that he came thither,.... As he had been wont to do:

and he turned into the chamber; built for him, and to which he was directed:

and lay there; all night, and which no doubt was frequently repeated by him, he accepting of the kindness of his host.


 
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