2 Kings 13:21

And it came to pass, as they were burying an ish, that, hinei, they spotted a raiding party; and they cast the ish into the kever of Elishah; and when the ish was let down, and touched the atzmot of Elishah, he revived, and stood up alive on his raglayim.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

In Context

20And Elishah died, and they buried him. And the raiding parties of Moav would invade the land at the beginning of the shanah.

22But Chazael Melech Aram oppressed Yisroel all days of Yehoachaz.

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Cross References

Isaiah 26:19Thy mesim + 26:19 see also Dan 12:2 (dead men) shall live, 1 together with my nevelah (dead bodies, corpses) shall they arise. 1 Awake and sing for joy, ye that dwell in aphar (dust); 1 for Thy tal (dew) is like the orot tal (morning dew), 1 and Eretz shall give birth to repha'im (dead ones). 1

Matthew 27:52And the kevarim (graves) were opened, and many gufot (bodies) of the kedoshim who had fallen asleep were made to stand up alive.

John 5:28Do not marvel at this. For a sha'ah (hour, time) is coming in which all the ones in the kevarim (graves) will hear the kol of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, + 5:28 Isa 26:19; Ezek 37:12

Acts 5:15So much so that even out into the rekhovot they would carry the cholim and put them on pallets and mats, that when Kefa came by, at least his shadow might fall upon some of them.

Revelation 11:11And after the shloshah (three) and a half yamim (days), a Ruach of Chayyim from Hashem entered into them, and they stood up upon their feet, and pachad gadol (great terror) fell upon the ones seeing them. + 11:11 Ezek 37:5,9,10,14

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 13:21-25

The Death of Elisha. ( b. c. 837.) 20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had… Read the whole commentary →

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