jTHE BOY WHO SNEEZED SEVEN TIMES
2 Kings 4:18-36
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 husband, and
said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the
asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 23 And
he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? [it is] neither new
moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well. 24 Then she
saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward;
slack not [thy] riding for me, except I bid thee. 25 So she went
and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass,
when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his
servant, Behold, [yonder is] that Shunammite: 26 Run now, I pray
thee, to meet her, and say unto her, [Is it] well with thee? [is
it] well with thy husband? [is it] well with the child? And she
answered, [It is] well. 27 And when she came to the man of God to
the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to
thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her
soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me,
and hath not told me. 28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my
lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? 29 Then he said to
Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go
thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute
thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the
child. 30 And the mother of the child said, [As] the LORD liveth,
and [as] thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and
followed her. 31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the
staff upon the face of the child; but [there was] neither voice,
nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him,
saying, The child is not awaked. 32 And when Elisha was come into
the house, behold, the child was dead, [and] laid upon his bed. 33
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and
prayed unto the LORD. 34 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. 36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this
Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him,
he said, Take up thy son.
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