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2 Kings 4:32

Elisha
Death and loss

30 And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

31 Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.

33 So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

34 Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

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BSB
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
KJV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
WEB
When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
ASV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
DARBY
And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.
BLB
And Elisha came into the house, and behold, the boy was dead, lying on his bed.
ÅB
Og da Elisa kom til huset, fikk han se at gutten lå død på hans seng.
OTB
Da Elisja kom inn i huset, se, gutten var død og lå på sengen hans.
B1930
Og da Elisa kom til huset, fikk han se at gutten lå død på hans seng.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 17:17

    Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

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  • John 11:17

    When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

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  • Luke 8:52–53

    Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

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