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 Living Translation (NLT)When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed.

Context of 2 Kings 4:32

30And the mother of the child said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her. 31Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, “The child has not awakened.” When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. 33He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord. 34And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and he stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became 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 17:17Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him.
• Luke 8:52Now all wept and mourned for her; but He said, “Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping.”
• John 11:17So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb 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

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