Scripture · Old Testament
2 Kings 4:32
2 Kings 4:32 is verse 32 of 2 Kings chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
King James Version
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
World English Bible
When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
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2 Kings 4:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
30 And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
31 Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he 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 bed.
33 So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
34 Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 17:17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
Luke 8:52Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
Luke 8:53And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
John 11:17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.