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2 Kings 4:32
32When Elisha arrived at the house, the boy was lying on the bed. He saw that the boy was dead.
2 Kings 4:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- New International Version (NIV)When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.
Context of 2 Kings 4:32
30But the child's mother said, ‘I promise you, as surely as the Lord lives and you live, I will not leave you.’ So Elisha got up and he went back to Shunem with her. 31Gehazi ran ahead and he arrived before they did. He put Elisha's stick on the boy's face. But the boy did not move or make any sound. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha. He said to him, ‘The boy did not wake up.’ When Elisha arrived at the house, the boy was lying on the bed. He saw that the boy was dead. 33Elisha went into the room by himself. He shut the door. Elisha prayed to the Lord. 34Then he got onto the bed and he lay across the boy. He put his mouth on the boy's mouth. He put his eyes over the boy's eyes. He put his hands on the boy's hands. When he lay across the boy's body, it became warm.
Read all of 2 Kings 42 Kings 4:32 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֙עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:32
- 1 Kings 17:17Some time after that, the widow's son became ill. He became very ill until he could no longer breathe.
- Luke 8:52All the people there were crying loudly because they were very sad. ‘Do not weep,’ Jesus told them. ‘The child is not dead. She is only asleep.’
- John 11:17Jesus arrived at Bethany. He discovered that Lazarus had already been in the grave for four days.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Behold, the child was dead - The prophet then saw that the body and spirit of the child were separated.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-37Verses 18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-37Elisha's interactions with the woman from Shunem are shown in two similar parts (2 Kings 4:8–20, 21–37). Shunem was a border town in the land given to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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