2 Kings 4:10

“Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall, etc.] Either of the city, to which their house might join, or of their garden, a little distance from the house; though the Jewish writers commonly understand it of a little edifice built up of walls of stone or bricks, and not one with reeds, or stud and mud: let us set for him there a bed; that he may stay all night when he pleases: and a table; not only to eat his food, but to write on, and lay his books on he reads. Of the table of a scholar of the wise men, in later times, we are told f45, that two thirds of it were covered with a cloth, and the other third was uncovered, on which stood the plates and the herbs: and a stool; to sit…”

“Let us make a little chamber--not build, but prepare it. She meant a room in the oleah, the porch, or gateway (Sa2 18:33; Kg1 17:19), attached to the front of the house, leading into the court and inner apartments. The front of the house, excepting the door, is a dead wall, and hence this room is called a chamber in the wall. It is usually appropriated to the use of strangers, or lodgers for a night, and, from its seclusion, convenient for study or retirement.”

“A little chamber on the wall - The room probably projected like a balcony beyond the lower apartments - an arrangement common in the East. A stool - Rather, “a chair.” The “chair” and “table,” unusual in the sleeping-rooms of the East, indicate that the prophet was expected to use his apartment for study and retirement, not only as a sleeping-chamber. return to 'Top of Page'”

“On the wall - That he may be free from the noise of family business, and enjoy that privacy, which, I perceive, he desireth for his prayers and meditations. A bed, &c. - He will not be troublesome or chargeable to us: he cares not for rich furniture or costly entertainment, and is content with bare necessaries. 4 Kings (2 Kings) 4:12”

“Let us: Isa 32:8; Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42, Mat 25:40; Mar 9:41; Luk 8:3; Rom 12:13; Heb 10:24; Heb 13:2; Pe1 4:9, Pe1 4:10 a little chamber: An aleeyah, or oleah, as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a great privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his devotions. See note on Jdg 3:20, and see note on Kg1 17:19 4 Kings (2 Kings) 4:12”