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Second-story room of a Hebrew or a Greek house; often like a tower, built on the flat roof of a Hebrew home for privacy, for comfort during the hot season, or for the entertainment of guests. In some instances it could accommodate large gatherings of people. In at least one instance, the room was on the third story (Acts 20:8). Eutychus, sitting in the window, went to sleep and fell three stories to the street below (vv 9-10). It may have been a similar type of accident that caused Ahaziah’s fatal injury when he fell through the latticework of his upper room (2 Kgs 1:2).

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:8

OET-RV ACT 20:8

8 and there were many lamps in the upper room where we had all gathered.

OET-LV ACT 20:8

8 And there _were many lamps in the upper _room, where we _were having _been _gathered _together.

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:9–10

OET-RV ACT 20:9

9 Now there was a young man named Eutukos who was sitting on the window sill, and as Paulos went on, he fell asleep and toppled down from the third storey. The ones who reached him first thought he was dead,

OET-RV ACT 20:10

10 but Paulos had come downstairs and bent over Eutukos and held him in his arms and said to the crowd, “Don’t worry, he’s still alive.”

OET-LV ACT 20:9

9 And a_certain young _man by_the_name Eutuⱪos sitting by the window, being _overcome by_ deep _sleep, the as_ Paulos _discussing on more, having _been _overcome by the sleep, he _fell down from the third _story, and was _taken _up dead.

OET-LV ACT 20:10

10 But having _come _down, the Paulos fell _on on _him and having _embraced him said:
Be_ not _being _distressed, because/for the life of _him is in him.

Show passage in OET: KI2 1:2

OET-RV KI2 1:2

2 One day, King Ahazyah fell through a lattice in his upper room in Shomron (Samaria) and was injured, so he sent messengers to go and ask Ekron’s god Ba’al-Zevuv if he would recover.

OET-LV KI2 1:2

2 And_ ʼAḩaz^yāh _he _fell through the_window-lattice in_his _upper _of_room which was_in_Shomrōn and_he _became _ill and_he _sent messengers and_he/it _said to_them go consult (in)_Baˊal- zebub the _god _of ˊEqrōn if I _will _live from_sickness this.

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Elijah took the dead son of the widow of Zarephath to an upper room where he had been staying and raised him from the dead (1 Kgs 17:19-23). David went to an upper room for privacy to mourn the death of Absalom (2 Sm 18:33). The kings of Judah built strange altars near the upper room of Ahaz, which Josiah pulled down as part of his reform program (2 Kgs 23:12).

Show passage in OET: KI1 17:19–23

OET-RV KI1 17:19

19 But he told her to bring her son to him, and taking the boy from her arms, he took the body upstairs to the room he was staying in, and laid him down on his bed.

OET-RV KI1 17:20

20 Then he called out to Yahweh, “Yahweh, my god, would you really bring tragedy to this widow that I’m staying with by causing her son to die?”

OET-RV KI1 17:21

21 Then three times he stretched himself over the boy’s body and begged Yahweh, “Yahweh, my god, please let this child’s life return into his organs.”

OET-RV KI1 17:22

22 Yahweh took notice of Eliyah and the boy’s life returned and he revived.

OET-RV KI1 17:23

23 Then Eliyah carried the boy back downstairs and gave him to his mother and told her, “Look, your son’s alive.”

OET-LV KI1 17:19

19 And_he/it _said to_her/it give to_me DOM son _of_your and_he_took _him from_bosom _of_her and_he_took _him _up to the _upper_room where he was_dwelling there and_he_made _him _lie on bed _of_his.

OET-LV KI1 17:20

20 And_he/it _called to YHWH and_he _said Oh_YHWH god _of_my also on the_widow whom I am_staying _as _a _sojourner with_her/it have _you _done _harm by_putting _to _death DOM son _of_her.

OET-LV KI1 17:21

21 And_he _stretched _himself over the_lad three times and_he/it _called to YHWH and_he _said Oh_YHWH god _of_my let _it _return please the _life _of the _lad the_this to part[s]_of_his _inward.

OET-LV KI1 17:22

22 And_ YHWH _he/it _listened to_the _voice _of ʼĒliy^yāh and_ the _life _of the _lad _it _returned to part[s]_of_his _inward and_he _lived.

OET-LV KI1 17:23

23 And_ ʼĒliy^yāh _he/it _took DOM the_lad and_he_brought _him _down from the _upper_room to_the_house and_he_gave _him to_mother _of_his and_ ʼĒliy^yāh _he/it _said see is_alive son _of_your.

Show passage in OET: SA2 18:33

OET-RV SA2 18:33

33 Then the king started trembling, and he went up to the room over the gate, and started weeping, saying, “Oh my son Avshalom, my son. Oh my son Avshalom, I wish I’d died instead of you.”

OET-LV SA2 19:1

19  And_ the_king _he _was _agitated and_he/it _ascended to the _upper _room _of the _gate and_he _wept and_thus he _said when_went_he my _son _of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm son _of_my son _of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm who will _he _give died_I I in_place _of _you Oh _ʼAⱱīshālōm son _of_my son _of_my.

Show passage in OET: KI2 23:12

OET-RV KI2 23:12

12 Then the king tore down the altars that were on the roof in Ahaz’s upper chamber that the kings of Yehudah made, and the altars that Menasheh (Manasseh) made in the two courtyards of Yahweh’s temple and he threw the rubble into the Kidron valley.

OET-LV KI2 23:12

12 And_DOM the_altars which were_on the_roof the _upper _room _of ʼĀḩāz which they _had _made the _kings _of Yəhūdāh and_DOM the_altars which Mənashsheh he _had _made in_the _two _of the _courtyards _of the _house _of YHWH the_king he _pulled _down and_he _ran from_there and_he _threw DOM dust _of_their into the _wadi _of Qidrōn.

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Jesus ate the Passover supper in an upper room with his disciples (Mk 14:15; Lk 22:12). The size of some of these rooms is evident from the fact that, after Jesus had left and ascended to heaven, the disciples went to the upper room where they all had been staying before. The congregation attending the meeting in Troas was not a small one either (Acts 20:8). Dorcas was laid in an upper room after she had died; later, Peter was taken up to the same room to pray for her restoration to life (Acts 9:36-41).

Show passage in OET: MRK 14:15

OET-RV MRK 14:15

15 He’ll show you a large, furnished room upstairs—that’s where you can get everything ready.”

OET-LV MRK 14:15

15 And he will _be _showing to _you _all a_ large _upper _room having _been _furnished ready, there prepare for _us.

Show passage in OET: LUK 22:12

OET-RV LUK 22:12

12 and he’ll show you a large upper room that’s already set up. That’s where you should prepare the meal.”

OET-LV LUK 22:12

12 And _that one will _be _showing to _you _all a_ large _upper _room, having _been _furnished, prepare there.

Show passage in OET: ACT 9:36–41

OET-RV ACT 9:36

36 Then in Yafo (Joppa) there was a believer named Tabita (or Dorkas if translated) and she did a lot of good things as well as being generous to the poor.

OET-RV ACT 9:37

37 Around that time she got sick and died. After washing her body, they placed it in an upper room,

OET-RV ACT 9:38

38 and since Yafo was near Lod and the believers had heard that Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) was there, they quickly sent two men to request, “Please come as soon as possible.”

OET-RV ACT 9:39