Tree of Life Version
2 Kings 4:33
33So he entered and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to Adonai.
2 Kings 4:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed to the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He went in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the Lord.
Context of 2 Kings 4:33
31Gehazi passed on ahead of them and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, saying, “The boy has not awakened.” 32When Elisha entered the house, there was the child, dead and laying on his bed. So he entered and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to Adonai. 34Then he got up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself upon him. So the flesh of the child became warm. 35Then he stepped down and walked in the house to and fro, and then he got up on the bed and stretched himself on him. The child sneezed seven times, then the child opened his eyes.
Read all of 2 Kings 42 Kings 4:33 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֕א וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר הַדֶּ֖לֶת בְּעַ֣ד שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:33
- 2 Kings 4:4Then go inside and shut the door behind you and behind your sons, and pour into all those vessels, setting aside what is full.”
- Matthew 6:6But you, when you pray, go into your inner room; and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, shall reward you.
- 2 Kings 5:11But Naaman was angered and walked away, saying, “I thought he would surely come out to me, stand and call on the Name of Adonai his God, and wave his hand over the spot and cure the tza'arat.
- 2 Kings 6:17Then Elisha prayed and said, “Adonai, please open his eyes that he may see.” Then Adonai opened the eyes of the young man and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- 1 Kings 17:20He cried out to Adonai and said, “Adonai my God, have You brought such evil even on the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?”
- 1 Kings 18:26So they took the bull that he gave them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning till noon, crying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice—no one was answering. They also danced leaping around the altar that was made.
- John 11:41So they rolled away the stone. Yeshua lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard Me.
- Acts 9:40But Peter sent them all outside, and he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Prayed unto the Lord - He had no power of his own by which he could restore the child.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Prayed - Prayer was the only remedy in such a case as this (compare the marginal reference and James 5:16), though it did not exclude the use of other means 2 Kings 4:34.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. 33closed the door: Elisha did what he had told the widow to do earlier (2 Kings 4:4). If God performed the miracle, it would not be for everyone to see. Only the mother knew about the boy's death, and only she needed to know about Elisha's prayers to God for the boy's life.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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