2 Kings 4:35 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:35

Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

KJV

Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The child sneezed seven times - That is, it sneezed abundantly. When the nervous influence began to act on the muscular system, before the circulation could be in every part restored, particular muscles, if not the whole body, would be thrown into strong contractions and shiverings, and sternutation or sneezing would be a natural consequence; particularly as obstructions must have taken place in the head and its vessels, because of the disorder of which the child died. Most people, as well as philosophers and physicians, have remarked how beneficial sneezings are to the removal of obstructions in the head.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He walked - He changeth his postures for his own necessary refreshment, and walked to and fro, exercising his mind in prayer to God. And went - Repeating his former actions, to teach us not to be discouraged in our prayers, if we be not speedily answered. Opened his eyes - So the work begun in the former verse is here perfected.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֜שָׁב	vai.Ya.shov	and he went back	H7725 →
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he walked	H1980 →
בַּבַּ֗יִת	ba.Ba.yit	in the house	H1004 →
אַחַ֥ת	'a.Chat	one [time]	H259 →
הֵ֙נָּה֙	he.nah	hither	H2008 →
וְאַחַ֣ת	ve.'a.Chat	and one [time]	H259 →
הֵ֔נָּה	He.nah	hither	H2008 →
וַיַּ֖עַל	vai.Ya.'al	and he went up	H5927 →
וַיִּגְהַ֣ר	vai.yig.Har	and he crouched	H1457 →
עָלָ֑יו	'a.Lav	over him	H5921 →
וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר	vay.zo.Rer	and he sneezed	H2237 →
הַנַּ֙עַר֙	ha.Na.'ar	the lad	H5288 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	seven	H7651 →
פְּעָמִ֔ים	pe.'a.Mim	times	H6471 →
וַיִּפְקַ֥ח	vai.yif.Kach	and he opened	H6491 →
הַנַּ֖עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the lad	H5288 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינָֽיו׃	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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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
2 Kings 13:21
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of…
leads to
- John 5:28–29
  Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Acts 19:12
  so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
- Ezekiel 37:1–10
  The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
- Acts 5:15
  As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- John 5:25
  Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
Through
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.
leads to
- Matthew 9:25
  After the crowd had been put outside, Jesus went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up.
Through
1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:39
  See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- Revelation 11:11
  But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.