When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
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When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
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And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 4:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 17:17 After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
- Luke 8:52-53 All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, “Don’t weep. She isn’t dead, but sleeping.” They were ridiculing him, knowing that she was dead.
- John 11:17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the…
2Ki 4:32 And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.
Ver. 32. And laid upon his bed.] See on ver. 21.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when Elisha was come into the house,.... Of…
And when Elisha was come into the house,.... Of the Shunamite, and into the chamber built for him:
behold, the child was dead, and laid upon the bed; upon his bed, and where he found it really dead.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. Behold, the child was dead] The prophet…
Verse 32. Behold, the child was dead] The prophet then saw that the body and spirit of the child were separated.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. The child was dead — This statement, as…
32. The child was dead — This statement, as well as that of 2Ki_4:20, clearly forbids the supposition that the child had merely fainted, or fallen into a trance. He was really, not merely apparently, dead.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. upon his bed] i.e. Elisha’s bed, in the…
32. upon his bed] i.e. Elisha’s bed, in the chamber which was set apart for the prophet and in which the mother had left her child.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And when Elisha was come into the house, behold,…
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed (comp. ver. 21). The child remained where his mother had laid him.
Vers. 32-37.
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The relation of prayer to secondary causes.
when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead," etc. The death of the Shunammite"s son, as we have seen in the preceding verses, was in many senses to her a very severe trial a trial from which we have inferred that great trials often spring from great mercies; that great trials should be patiently endured; and that great trials might have a blessed end. By prayer Elisha now raised the woman"s dead boy to life. See what Elisha did here.
I HE PRAYED TO THE LORD. "Let this child"s soul come into him again.
II HE PUT HIMSELF INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CHILD. Mouth to the child"s mouth, eyes to the child"s eyes, hands to the child"s hands, as if he transfused all the vital magnetism of his own nature into the person of the dead child.
III HE PERSEVERED WITH THE EFFORT. Until the child"s flesh waxed warm, and the child sneezed with the breath of new life. D.T.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 So Elisha went in and shut the door on…
So Elisha went in and shut the door on the child and himself
"So Elisha went by himself into the room where the child lay, closed the door"
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