2 Kings 4:10-11

4:10 Let’s make a small private upper room ¹  and furnish it with ²  a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there.”

4:11 One day Elisha ³  came for a visit; he went ⁴  into the upper room and rested. ⁵ 

[4:10]  ¹ tn Heb “a small upper room of a wall”; according to HALOT 832 s.v. עֲלִיָּה, this refers to “a fully walled upper room.”

[4:10]  ² tn Heb “and let’s put there for him.”

[4:11]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned aside.”

[4:11]  ⁵ tn Or “slept there.”