2 Kings 4:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:5 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 13:21 : 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.
  • Luke 7:14-15 : 14 And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up. 15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.
  • Luke 8:55 : 55 And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.
  • John 11:43-44 : 43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! 44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.
  • Acts 9:40 : 40 But Peter made them all go outside, and went down on his knees in prayer; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, get up. And, opening her eyes, she saw Peter and got up.
  • 1 Kgs 17:22 : 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.
  • 2 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:29-34
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    90%

    29Then 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.

    30But 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.

    31And 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.

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

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

    34Then 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.

  • 2 Kgs 4:36-37
    2 verses
    81%

    36And 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.

    37And 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 17:19-23
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    80%

    19And 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.

    20And 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?

    21And 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.

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

    23And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 5:13-15
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    74%

    13Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

    14Then he went down seven times into the waters of Jordan, as the man of God had said; and his flesh became like the flesh of a little child again, and he was clean.

    15Then he went back to the man of God, with all his train, and, taking his place before him, said, Now I am certain that there is no God in all the earth, but only in Israel: now then, take an offering from me.

  • 2 Kgs 4:17-22
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    17Then 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.

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

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

    20And 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.

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

    22And 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.

  • 1 Kgs 17:17
    72%

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

  • 2 Kgs 4:11-12
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    70%

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

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

  • 2 Kgs 8:14-15
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    69%

    14Then 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.

    15Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 8:4-5
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    4Now 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.

    5And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 13:21
    68%

    21And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 5:9-11
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    68%

    9So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.

    10And 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.

    11But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.

  • Luke 7:14-15
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    67%

    14And he came near, and put his hand on the stretcher where the dead man was: and those who were moving it came to a stop. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Get up.

    15And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

  • Mark 7:34
    67%

    34And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

  • 2 Kgs 4:15
    67%

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

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
    67%

    10And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 6:20
    67%

    20And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    66%

    12Up, 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 Kgs 18:43
    66%

    43And he said to his servant, Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and after looking said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times.

  • 2 Kgs 6:17
    66%

    17Then Elisha made a prayer to the Lord, saying, Lord, let his eyes be open so that he may see. And the Lord made the young man's eyes open; and he saw that all the mountain was full of horses and carriages of fire round Elisha.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
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    25From there he went to Mount Carmel, and came back from there to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 4:27
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    27And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 5:6
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    6And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.

  • 2 Kgs 13:14
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    14Now 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!

  • Exod 4:7
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    7And he said, Put your hand inside your robe again. (And he put his hand into his robe again, and when he took it out he saw that it had become like his other flesh.)

  • 2 Kgs 2:15
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    15And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 4:25
    65%

    25So 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;