2 Kings 4:31 - John Wesley's Notes

2 Kings 4:31

29 Then he said to Gehazi, ^a“Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, ^bdo not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but ^clay my staff on the face of the child.”

30 And the mother of the child said, ^a“As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, ^bI will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, “The child has ^anot awakened.”

32 When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.

33 He ^awent in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, ^band prayed to the Lord.

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John Wesley's Notes

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2 Kings 4:31

Neither voice - Neither speech, nor sense, nor any sign of life, in the child. This disappointment might proceed from hence, that Elisha having changed his mind, and yielded to her importunity to go with her, did alter his course, and not join his fervent prayers with Gehazi's action. Not awaked - Not revived.

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