The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:11 Explained

2 Kings 4:11

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

YLT: And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,

Darby: And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 4:11?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 4:11 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:11 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 4:11?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 2 Kings 4:11 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 4:8-24 - Entertaining A Prophet

The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses, but in faith, love, and hope. What a noble testimony it would be to our character, if people who saw us going to and fro became convinced that "this is an holy man of God," 2 Kings 4:9!

Sunstroke in the tropics is a frequent cause of death, Psalms 121:6. When a child is taken sick, it is the mother who is the best comforter; but there are limits to a mother's power to help. This woman of Shunem must be referred to in Hebrews 11:35. She was so sure of the life-restoring prayers of the great prophet that she did not feel it necessary to tell her husband what had befallen. Why should she grieve him, when the child would soon be given back to them! In noble confidence she dared to say that all would be well, and God did not disappoint nor fail. Shunem was fifteen miles from Carmel, and there was not an inch of the road which was not covered by the mother's splendid faith that God would make all-grace abound toward her. [source]

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:11 mean?

And it came to pass one day that he came there and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there

וַיְהִ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם וַיָּ֣בֹא שָׁ֑מָּה וַיָּ֥סַר אֶל־ הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה וַיִּשְׁכַּב־ שָֽׁמָּה

וַיְהִ֥י	And it came to pass
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַיּ֖וֹם	one day
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
וַיָּ֣בֹא	that he came
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וַיָּ֥סַר	and he turned
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: סוּר Sense: to turn aside, depart.
אֶל־	in to
Parse: Preposition Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה	the upper room
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עֲלִיָּה Sense: roof-room, roof chamber.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב־	and lay down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שָׁכַב Sense: to lie down.

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