2 Kings 4:21

21 She went up, laid him on the bed of the man of God, closed [the door], and went out behind it.

2 Kings 4:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:21

And she went up
Into the little chamber built for the prophet:

and laid him on the bed of the man of God;
not from any imagination of any virtue in it to bring her child to life; though she might think of the prophet, and have faith that he could raise it to life, as Elijah raised the widow of Zarephath's son laid on his bed, of which she might have heard; but this being a private room, and into which none went, she laid it here to conceal its death from her husband and family, and to prevent grief, and that they might not bury it until she returned:

and shut the door upon him;
that no creature might enter, and, do any damage to his corpse:

and went out;
not out of the chamber, that she did before she shut the door, but out of the house.

2 Kings 4:21 In-Context

19 Then he said to his father, "My head, my head!" So he said to the servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20 So they carried him and brought him to his mother; he sat on her lap until noon and then died.

21 She went up, laid him on the bed of the man of God, closed [the door], and went out behind it.

22 She called to her husband and said, "Please send one of the servants and one of the female donkeys for me, so that I can go quickly up to the man of God and return."

23 And he said, "Why are you going to him today? [It is] neither the new moon nor the Sabbath!" And she said, "Peace."