The Shunammite’s Son

18 When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

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18 The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.(A)

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31 Then Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or [a]response. So he returned to meet him and informed him, saying, “The boy (A)has not awakened.”

32 When Elisha entered the house, behold the boy was dead, laid on his bed. 33 So he entered and (B)shut the door behind them both, and he prayed to the Lord. 34 Then (C)he got up on the bed and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, his hands on his hands, and he bent down on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. 35 Then he returned and walked in the house back and forth once, and went up and (D)bent down on him; and the boy sneezed seven times, then the boy opened his eyes.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:31 Lit attentiveness

31 Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So Gehazi went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

32 When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his couch.(A) 33 He went in, shut the door on the two of them and prayed(B) to the Lord. 34 Then he got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched(C) himself out on him, the boy’s body grew warm. 35 Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out on him once more. The boy sneezed seven times(D) and opened his eyes.(E)

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