2 Kings 4:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Elisha told Gehazi,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child’s face.”

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  • 2 Kgs 2:14 : 14 He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said,“Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.
  • Exod 14:16 : 16 And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground.
  • 1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 Now the LORD energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
  • 2 Kgs 9:1 : 1 Jehu Becomes King Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
  • Luke 10:4 : 4 Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.
  • Acts 3:16 : 16 And on the basis of faith in Jesus’ name, his very name has made this man– whom you see and know– strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all.
  • Acts 19:12 : 12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
  • Exod 4:17 : 17 You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs.”
  • Exod 7:19-20 : 19 Then the LORD said to Moses,“Tell Aaron,‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt’s waters– over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs– so that it becomes blood.’ There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers.” 20 Moses and Aaron did so, just as the LORD had commanded. He raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood.
  • 2 Kgs 2:8 : 8 Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.
  • Josh 6:4-5 : 4 Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. 5 When you hear the signal from the ram’s horn, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse and the warriors should charge straight ahead.”
  • Eph 6:14 : 14 Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness,
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:30-32
    3 verses
    83%

    30The mother of the child said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha got up and followed her back.

    31Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him,“The child did not wake up.”

    32When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed.

  • 2 Kgs 4:34-37
    4 verses
    75%

    34He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, his eyes over the boy’s eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy’s palms. He bent down over him, and the boy’s skin grew warm.

    35Elisha went back and walked around in the house. Then he got up on the bed again and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

    36Elisha called to Gehazi and said,“Get the Shunammite woman.” So he did so and she came to him. He said to her,“Take your son.”

    37She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left.

  • 2 Kgs 4:21-28
    8 verses
    75%

    21She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s bed. She shut the door behind her and left.

    22She called to her husband,“Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”

    23He said,“Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath.” She said,“Everything’s fine.”

    24She saddled the donkey and told her servant,“Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”

    25So she went to visit the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi,“Look, it’s the Shunammite woman.

    26Now, run to meet her and ask her,‘Are you well? Are your husband and the boy well?’” She told Gehazi,“Everything’s fine.”

    27But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said,“Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The LORD has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”

    28She said,“Did I ask my master for a son? Didn’t I say,‘Don’t mislead me?’”

  • 2 Kgs 5:23-26
    4 verses
    74%

    23Naaman said,“Please accept two talents of silver.” He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.

    24When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.

    25When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him,“Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered,“Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

    26Elisha replied,“I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.

  • 2 Kgs 4:12-16
    5 verses
    73%

    12He told his servant Gehazi,“Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” So he did so and she came to him.

    13Elisha said to Gehazi,“Tell her,‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied,“I’m quite secure.”

    14So he asked Gehazi,“What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied,“She has no son, and her husband is old.”

    15Elisha told him,“Ask her to come here.” So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.

    16He said,“About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said,“No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

  • 2 Kgs 5:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

    19Elisha said to him,“Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,

    20Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought,“Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the LORD lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

    21So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked,“Is everything all right?”

  • 2 Kgs 8:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet’s servant, and said,“Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.”

    5While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said,“My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
    71%

    14He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him,“What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied,“He told me you would surely recover.”

  • 2 Kgs 4:18-19
    2 verses
    70%

    18The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.

    19He said to his father,“My head! My head!” His father told a servant,“Carry him to his mother.”

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
    69%

    12“As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die.

  • 2 Kgs 9:1
    69%

    1Jehu Becomes King Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 17:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19He said to her,“Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.

    20Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”

  • 2 Kgs 8:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said,“Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

    10Elisha said to him,“Go and tell him,‘You will surely recover,’ but the LORD has revealed to me that he will surely die.”

  • 2 Kgs 5:4
    69%

    4Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31
    68%

    31Then he said,“May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”

  • 1 Kgs 19:20
    68%

    20He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said,“Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him,“Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”

  • 2 Kgs 2:15-16
    2 verses
    68%

    15When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said,“The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

    16They said to him,“Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the LORD may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha replied,“Don’t send them out.”

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    68%

    18When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them,“Didn’t I tell you,‘Don’t go’?”

  • Luke 10:4
    68%

    4Do not carry a money bag, a traveler’s bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road.

  • 1 Kgs 17:23
    67%

    23Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said,“See, your son is alive!”

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
    67%

    4Therefore this is what the LORD has said,“You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!”’” So Elijah went on his way.

  • 1 Kgs 14:3
    67%

    3Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy.”

  • 2 Kgs 5:10
    67%

    10Elisha sent out a messenger who told him,“Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed.”

  • 2 Kgs 2:23
    67%

    23He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying,“Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!”