Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 4:32
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When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead 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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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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2 Kings 4
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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