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.

Let us make {H6213} a little {H6996} chamber {H5944}, I pray thee, on the wall {H7023}; and let us set {H7760} for him there a bed {H4296}, and a table {H7979}, and a stool {H3678}, and a candlestick {H4501}: and it shall be, when he cometh {H935} to us, that he shall turn {H5493} in thither.

Please, let's build him a little room on the roof. We'll put a bed and a table in it for him, and a stool and a candlestick. Then, whenever he comes to visit us, he can stay there."

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.”

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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Romans 12:13 (6 votes)

    Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

  • Matthew 10:41 (5 votes)

    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

  • Matthew 10:42 (5 votes)

    And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

  • Matthew 25:40 (4 votes)

    And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.

  • Hebrews 10:24 (3 votes)

    And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

  • 1 Peter 4:9 (2 votes)

    Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

  • 1 Peter 4:10 (2 votes)

    As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.