Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

2 Kings 4:21

FaithGriefParents and children

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

22 And 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.

23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
KJV
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
WEB
She went up and laid him on the man of God’s bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.
ASV
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.
DARBY
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.
BLB
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and she shut the [door] behind him and went out.
ÅB
Hun gikk opp og la ham på den Guds manns seng og lukket etter ham og gikk ut.
OTB
Så gikk hun opp og la ham på Guds manns seng, og lukket døren bak ham og gikk ut.
B1930
Hun gikk op og la ham på den Guds manns seng og lukket efter ham og gikk ut.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 4:32

    And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

    Read in context

  • 1 Kings 17:19

    And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

    Read in context

  • 2 Kings 4:7

    Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

    Read in context

  • 2 Kings 4:10

    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.

    Read in context