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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall,.... Either of the city, to which their house might join, or of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A little chamber on the wall - The room probably projected like a balcony beyond the lower apartments - an arrangement…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Let us make a little chamber - See the note upon Jdg 3:20 (note). As the woman was convinced that Elisha was a prophet,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 4:8-17
The giving of a son to such as were old, and had been long childless, was an ancient instance of the divine power and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Let us make The R.V. brings -I pray thee" to follow these words according to the Hebrew order.
a little chamber … on the…
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