2 Kings 4:33
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.”
32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
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.
35 Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
- KJV
- He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
- WEB
- He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD.
- ASV
- He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And he went in and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to Jehovah.
- BLB
- And he went in and shut the door behind the two of them, and he prayed to YHWH.
- ÅB
- Så gikk han inn og lukket døren til og ba til Herren.
- OTB
- Så gikk han inn og lukket døren bak dem begge, og ba til Herren.
- B1930
- Så gikk han inn og lukket døren til og bad til Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Read in context2 Kings 4:4
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
Read in contextActs 9:40
Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
Read in contextJames 5:13–18
Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Read in contextLuke 8:51
When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.
Read in context1 Kings 17:20–21
Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
Read in context2 Kings 6:20
When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
Read in context1 Kings 18:26–27
And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
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