And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
WEB
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
YLT
And Elisha cometh in to the house, and lo, the youth is dead, laid on his bed,
DBT
And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC