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2 Kings 4:21 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 4 · verse 21
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.2 Kings 4:21 · King James Version
2 Kings 4:21 in context
19And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
21And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
22And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
23And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- laidshâkabto lie downH7901 →
- shutçâgarto shut upH5462 →
- bedmiṭṭâha bed forsleeping or eatingH4296 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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We may well suppose that, after the birth of this son, the prophet was doubly welcome to the good Shunammite. He had thought himself indebted to her, but henceforth, as long as she lives, she will think herself in his debt, and that she can never do too much for him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-37