2 Kings 4:29
And Elisha said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go: if thou meet any man, thou shalt not salute him, and if a man salute thee thou shalt not answer him: and thou shalt lay my staff on the child’s face.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
28And she said, Did I ask a son of my lord? For did I not say, Do not deal deceitfully with me?
Cross References
Exodus 4:17And this rod that was turned into a serpent thou shalt take in thy hand, wherewith thou shalt work miracles.
Exodus 14:16And do thou lift up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over the sea, and divide it, and let the children of Israel enter into the midst of the sea on the dry land.
1 Kings 18:46And the hand of the Lord was upon Elijah, and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to Jezreel.
2 Kings 2:14and he took the mantle of Elijah, which fell from off him, and smote the water, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and he smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither; and Elisha went over.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:19-38
The Death of the Shunammite's Son; The Shunammite's Son Restored. ( b. c. 887.) 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her… Read the whole commentary →