2 Kings 4:32

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:17 : 17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.
  • Luke 8:52-53 : 52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping. 53 And they were laughing at him, being certain that she was dead.
  • John 11:17 : 17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:29-31
    3 verses
    87%

    29 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.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17-21
    5 verses
    80%

    17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as Elisha had said to her.

    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.

    20 And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:33-37
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    80%

    33 So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17-23
    7 verses
    77%

    17 Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

    18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?

    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?

    21 And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

    22 And the Lord gave ear to the voice of Elijah, and the child's spirit came into him again, and he came back to life.

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    75%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 14:17
    74%

    17 Then Jeroboam's wife got up and went away and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the doorway of the house, death came to the child.

  • 2 Kgs 4:11-12
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    74%

    11 Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there.

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

  • 2 Sam 12:18-19
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    73%

    18 And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?

    19 But when David saw that his servants were talking together quietly, he was certain that the child was dead: and he said to his servants, Is the child dead? and they said, He is.

  • 2 Kgs 13:20-21
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    73%

    20 And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.

    21 And while they were putting a dead man into the earth, they saw a band coming; and they put the man quickly into the place where Elisha's body was; and the dead man, on touching Elisha's bones, came to life again, and got up on his feet.

  • Mark 5:39
    72%

    39 And when he had gone in, he said to them, Why are you making such a noise and weeping? The child is not dead, but sleeping.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1
    72%

    1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.

  • 2 Kgs 13:14
    72%

    14 Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-21
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    72%

    19 In the night, this woman, sleeping on her child, was the cause of its death.

    20 And she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while your servant was sleeping; and she took it in her arms and put her dead child in my arms.

    21 And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.

  • 2 Kgs 4:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 22:37
    71%

    37 And they came to Samaria, and put the king's body to rest in Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 1:16-17
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    71%

    16 And he said to him, This is the word of the Lord: Because you sent men to put a question to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, for this reason you will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you.

    17 So death came to him, as the Lord had said by the mouth of Elijah. And Jehoram became king in his place in the second year of the rule of Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah; because he had no son.

  • 2 Kgs 6:32
    71%

    32 But Elisha was in his house, and the responsible men were seated there with him; and before the king got there, Elisha said to those who were with him, Do you see how this cruel and violent man has sent to take away my life?

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
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    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.

  • 1 Kgs 13:30-31
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    30 And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!

    31 And when he had put it to rest, he said to his sons, When I am dead, then you are to put my body into the earth with the body of this man of God, and put me by his bones so that my bones may be kept safe with his bones.

  • 2 Kgs 4:27
    69%

    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.

  • Luke 8:52
    69%

    52 And all the people were weeping and crying for her; but he said, Do not be sad, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
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    7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of God has come.

  • 2 Sam 12:15
    68%

    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.