2 Kings 4:34 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:34

Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.

BSB

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ASV

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

KJV

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Lay upon the child - Endeavored to convey a portion of his own natural warmth to the body of the child; and probably endeavored, by blowing into the child’s mouth, to inflate the lungs, and restore respiration. He uses every natural means in his power to restore life, while praying to the Author of it to exert a miraculous influence. Natural means are in our power; those that are supernatural belong to God. We should always do our own work, and beg of God to do his.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Grew warm - Not by any external heat, which could not be transmitted to the child's body by such slight touches of the prophet's body; but from a principle of life, which was already infused into the child, and by degrees enlivened all the parts of his body.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He first put his mouth to the child's mouth, as if, in God's name, he would breathe into him the breath of life; then his eyes to the child's eyes, to open them again to the light of life; then his hands to the child's hands, to put strength into them. He then returned, and walked in the house, as one full of care and concern, and wholly intent upon what he was about.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֜עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב	vai.yish.Kav	and he lay	H7901 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַיֶּ֗לֶד	hai.Ye.led	the child	H3206 →
וַיָּשֶׂם֩	vai.ya.Sem	and he put	H7760 →
פִּ֨יו	piv	mouth his	H6310 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פִּ֜יו	piv	mouth his	H6310 →
וְעֵינָ֤יו	ve.'ei.Nav	and eyes his	H5869 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
עֵינָיו֙	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →
וְכַפָּ֣יו	ve.kha.Pav	and palms his	H3709 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
כַּפָּ֔יו	ka.pov	palms his	H3709 →
וַיִּגְהַ֖ר	vai.yig.Har	and he crouched	H1457 →
עָלָ֑יו	'a.Lav	over him	H5921 →
וַיָּ֖חָם	vai.Ya.chom	and it became warm	H2552 →
בְּשַׂ֥ר	be.Sar	[the] flesh of	H1320 →
הַיָּֽלֶד׃	hai.Ya.led	the child	H3206 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Kings 17:21
Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
leads to
- Acts 20:10
  But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
- Acts 9:40
  Then Peter sent them all out of the room. He knelt down and prayed, and turning toward her body, he said, “Tabitha, get up!” She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up.
- 2 Kings 4:33–35
  So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
- Hebrews 11:19
  Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
Through
Acts 20:10
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. “Do not be alarmed!” he said. “He is still alive!”
leads to
- John 11:40
  Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Mark 5:39
  He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
- John 11:11
  After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
- Matthew 9:23–24
  When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.