2 Kings 4:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.

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  • 2 Kgs 2:14 : 14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.
  • Exod 14:16 : 16 And let your rod be lifted up and your hand stretched out over the sea, and it will be parted in two; and the children of Israel will go through on dry land.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.
  • 2 Kgs 9:1 : 1 And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
  • Luke 10:4 : 4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 And his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom you see and have knowledge of: yes, the faith which is through him has made him well, before you all.
  • Acts 19:12 : 12 So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.
  • Exod 4:17 : 17 And take in your hand this rod with which you will do the signs.
  • Exod 7:19-20 : 19 And the Lord said, Say to Aaron, Let the rod in your hand be stretched out over the waters of Egypt, and over the rivers and the streams and the pools, and over every stretch of water, so that they may be turned to blood; and there will be blood through all the land of Egypt, in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. 20 And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord had said; and when his rod had been lifted up and stretched out over the waters of the Nile before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, all the water in the Nile was turned to blood;
  • 2 Kgs 2:8 : 8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.
  • Josh 6:4-5 : 4 And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns. 5 And at the sound of a long note on the horns, let all the people give a loud cry; and the wall of the town will come down flat, and all the people are to go straight forward.
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Take your place, then, having your body clothed with the true word, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness;
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 So make your minds ready, and keep on the watch, hoping with all your power for the grace which is to come to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

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    30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.

    31 And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no one gave attention. So he went back, and meeting him gave him the news, saying, The child is not awake.

    32 And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed.

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    34 Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mouth, his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands; and the child's body became warm.

    35 Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself out on the child seven times; and the child's eyes became open.

    36 And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.

    37 And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her arms and went out.

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    21 Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God, shutting the door on him, and went out.

    22 And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again.

    23 And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

    24 Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

    25 So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;

    26 Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are they well? And she said in answer, All is well.

    27 And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.

    28 Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?

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    23 And Naaman said, Be good enough to take two talents. And forcing him to take them, he put two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and gave them to his two servants to take before him.

    24 When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.

    25 Then he came in and took his place before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went nowhere.

    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

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    12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came before him.

    13 And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? will you have any request made for you to the king or the captain of the army? But she said, I am living among my people.

    14 So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.

    15 Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door.

    16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

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    19 And he said to him, Go in peace. And he went from him some distance.

    20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

    21 So Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from his carriage and went back to him and said, Is all well?

  • 2 Kgs 8:4-5
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    4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Now, give me an account of all the great things Elisha has done.

    5 And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose son had come back to life came to the king with a request for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, My lord king, this is the woman and this is her son, whose life Elisha gave back to him.

  • 14 Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And his answer was, He said that you would certainly get well.

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    18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

    19 And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

  • 12 Up, then! go back to your house; and in the hour when your feet go into the town, the death of the child will take place.

  • 1 And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

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    19 And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.

    20 And crying to the Lord he said, O Lord my God, have you sent evil even on the widow whose guest I am, by causing her son's death?

  • 2 Kgs 8:9-10
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    9 So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

    10 And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clear to me that only death is before him.

  • 4 And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.

  • 31 Then he said, May God's punishment come on me if Elisha, the son of Shaphat, keeps his head on his body after this day.

  • 20 And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?

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    15 And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

    16 And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.

  • 18 And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

  • 4 Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.

  • 23 And Elijah took the child down from his room into the house and gave him to his mother and said to her, See, your son is living.

  • 4 Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.

  • 3 And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.

  • 10 And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

  • 23 Then from there he went up to Beth-el; and on his way, some little boys came out from the town and made sport of him, crying, Go up, old no-hair! go up, old no-hair!