2 Kings 4:36

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
  • 1 Kgs 17:23 : 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.
  • Luke 7:15 : 15 And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

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  • 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.

  • 2 Kgs 4:11-23
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    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 4:25-35
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    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?

    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.

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

    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.

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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3-6
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    3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went to the king with a request for her house and her land.

    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.

    6 And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to one of his unsexed servants, saying, Give her back all her property, and all the produce of her fields from the day when she went away from the land up till now.

  • 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 4:7-9
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    7 So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

    8 Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there, who made him come in and have a meal with her. And after that, every time he went by, he went into her house for a meal.

    9 And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God, who comes by day after day.

  • 2 And when you get there, go in search of Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi; and go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room.

  • 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.

  • 11 And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

  • 2 Kgs 5:3-4
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    3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

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

  • 25 But when the people were sent out, he went in and took her by the hand; and the girl got up.

  • 54 But he, taking her hand, said to her, My child, get up.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 6 And 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.