2 Kings 4:32

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

30The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back. 31Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him, “The child did not wake up.” When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed. 33He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord. 34He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin grew warm.

2 Kings 4:32 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֥א אֱלִישָׁ֖ע הַבָּ֑יְתָה וְהִנֵּ֤ה הַנַּ֙עַר֙ מֵ֔ת מֻשְׁכָּ֖ב עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when Elishaאֱלִישָׁע'ĕlîyshâ‛ · ElishaH477
• was comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• behold, the childנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• was deadמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• laidשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• upon his bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:32

• 1 Kings 17:17After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.
• Luke 8:52Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
• John 11:17When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.

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

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:32

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Dead (People)
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Shunammite
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Elisha
• Aside
• Careful
• Carmel
• Desire
• Shunem
• Daniel, Book of
• Gehazi
• Images
• Jehoahaz

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