2 Kings 4:11
New International Version
One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.

New Living Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest.

English Standard Version
One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.

Berean Standard Bible
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

King James Bible
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, 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 American Standard Bible
Now one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and rested.

NASB 1995
One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.

NASB 1977
One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened that one day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber, and there he lay down.

Amplified Bible
One day he came there and turned in to the upper room and lay down to rest.

Christian Standard Bible
One day he came there and stopped at the upstairs room to lie down.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One day he came there and stopped and went to the room upstairs to lie down.

American Standard Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.

Contemporary English Version
The next time Elisha was in Shunem, he stopped at their house and went up to his room to rest.

English Revised Version
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
One day he came [to their house], went into the upstairs room, and rested there.

Good News Translation
One day Elisha returned to Shunem and went up to his room to rest.

International Standard Version
One day, Elisha came by to visit and stopped in to rest in the upper chamber.

Majority Standard Bible
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

NET Bible
One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested.

New Heart English Bible
One day he came there, and he turned into the room 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
One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the day comes that he comes in there, and turns aside to the upper chamber, and lies there,

Young's Literal Translation
And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the day will be and he will come there, and he will turn aside into the chamber, and lie there.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Now there was a certain day when he came and turned in to the chamber, and rested there.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then it happened that, on a certain day, arriving, he turned aside into the upper room, and he rested there.

New American Bible
One day Elisha arrived and stayed in the room overnight.

New Revised Standard Version
One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And it happened on a certain day, he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay there.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And it was day, and he came there and he turned aside to the upper room and he lay down there.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber and lay there.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Shunammite Woman
10Please 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.” 11 One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down. 12And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,…

Cross References
1 Kings 17:19-23
But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. / Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?” / Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!” ...

2 Kings 1:4-15
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed. / When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?” / They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” ...

2 Kings 5:9-14
So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. / Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” / But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. ...

2 Kings 8:1-6
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.” / So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines. / At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land. ...

1 Samuel 1:18-20
“May your maidservant find favor with you,” said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began to eat, and her face was no longer downcast. / The next morning they got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then they returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. / So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”

1 Kings 19:19-21
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. / So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” / So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.

Genesis 18:1-10
Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. / And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. / “My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by. ...

Genesis 21:1-7
Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised. / So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised. / And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him. ...

Matthew 10:40-42
He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. / Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. / And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

Matthew 25:35-40
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, / I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’ / Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? ...

Luke 4:25-27
But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. / Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon. / And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

Luke 7:11-17
Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. / As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. / When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.” ...

Luke 10:38-42
As they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. / She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His message. / But Martha was distracted by all the preparations to be made. She came to Jesus and said, “Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her to help me!” ...

John 4:46-54
So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...

John 11:1-44
At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. / (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.) / So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” ...


Treasury of Scripture

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

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2 Kings 4
1. Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8. He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18. He restores her son when dead
38. At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42. He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves














One day
This phrase sets the stage for a specific event in the life of Elisha, emphasizing the divine orchestration of seemingly ordinary days. In Hebrew, the word for "day" is "yom," which can signify a literal day or a period of time. This highlights the importance of divine timing in God's plans, reminding us that any day can be a day of divine encounter or miracle.

Elisha
Elisha, whose name means "God is salvation," was a prophet and successor to Elijah. His ministry was marked by numerous miracles, reflecting God's power and presence among His people. Elisha's life is a testament to the faithfulness of God in raising leaders who continue His work, emphasizing the continuity of God's covenant with Israel.

came to visit
The act of visiting in the ancient Near Eastern context was significant, often involving hospitality and the sharing of life and faith. Elisha's visit to the Shunammite woman and her family was not just a social call but a divine appointment. This phrase underscores the importance of community and fellowship in the life of faith, where God often works through relationships.

and he went to his upper room
The "upper room" was a place of privacy and retreat, often used for prayer and rest. In Hebrew, the term "aliyah" refers to an upper chamber, symbolizing a place set apart for divine encounters. This setting foreshadows the miraculous events that often occur in such spaces, reminding us of the importance of having a dedicated place for communion with God.

to lie down
This simple act of lying down signifies rest and trust in God's provision. In the biblical narrative, rest is often associated with peace and divine presence. Elisha's ability to rest in the upper room reflects his confidence in God's care and the hospitality of the Shunammite woman, illustrating the peace that comes from living in alignment with God's will.

(11) And it fell on a day.--See Note on 2Kings 4:8.

Chamber.--Upper chamber.

Lay--i.e., lay down to rest.

Verse 11. - And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there; i.e. slept there, passed the night there.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
One day
הַיּ֖וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

[Elisha] came to visit
וַיָּ֣בֹא (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and went
וַיָּ֥סַר (way·yā·sar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

his upper room
הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה (hā·‘ă·lî·yāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5944: Something lofty, a stair-way, a second-story room, the sky

to lie down.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב־ (way·yiš·kaḇ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down


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