2nd Kings Chapter 4 verse 21 Holy Bible
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut `the door' upon him, and went out.
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Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.
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And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out.
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And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
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And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
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She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] on him, and went out.
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And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth `the door' upon him, and goeth out,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God. One cannot be certain what thoughts were working in the poor bereaved mother's heart; but probably she entertained some vague notion that the prophet might be able to resuscitate her child, and thought that, until his presence could be obtained, the next best thing was to place the child where the prophet's presence had lately been. Elijah had placed on his own bed the child whom he restored to life (1 Kings 17:19); and the fact may have been known to the Shunammite. She certainly did not expect mere contact with the bed to resuscitate her child. And shut the door upon him. Either that the body should not be disturbed, or rather that the death should not be known. It is clear that, from whatever motive, the woman wished to conceal the death of the child until she had seen what Elisha could do for her. She neither told her husband nor the servant who accompanied her. And went out; i.e. quitted the prophet's apartment, closing the door as she quitted it.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) Laid him on the bed of the man of God.--She wished to keep the death secret, and the corpse inviolate, during her intended absence.