11,153
edits
Elijah and Elisha did pray: Difference between revisions
→Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
2 Kings 4 tells of a well to do woman in Shunem who, with her husband, provided a place to stay for the prophet. Elisha prophesied the woman would have a child and she bore a son some time later. When the boy was still young he died and the Shunammite woman went to Elisha for help. | 2 Kings 4 tells of a well to do woman in Shunem who, with her husband, provided a place to stay for the prophet. Elisha prophesied the woman would have a child and she bore a son some time later. When the boy was still young he died and the Shunammite woman went to Elisha for help. | ||
Here is what Elijah did when he came to the child: | Here is what Elijah did when he came to the child according to 2 Kings 4:32–35: | ||
:''And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. '''He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.''' 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. 35 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.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 2 Ki 4:32–35.</ref> | :''And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. '''He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.''' 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. 35 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.<ref>The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), 2 Ki 4:32–35.</ref> | ||