2 Kings 4:29-30

4:29 Elisha ¹  told Gehazi, “Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, ²  and go! Don’t stop to exchange greetings with anyone! ³  Place my staff on the child’s face.” 4:30 The mother of the child said, “As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So Elisha ⁴  got up and followed her back.

2 Kings 4:35

4:35 Elisha ⁵  went back and walked around in the house. ⁶  Then he got up on the bed again ⁷  and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

2 Kings 5:14

5:14 So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. ⁸  His skin became as smooth as a young child’s ⁹  and he was healed.

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “take my staff in your hand.”

³ tn Heb “If you meet a man, do not greet him with a blessing; if a man greets you with a blessing, do not answer.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The referent must be Elisha here, since the following verse makes it clear that Gehazi had gone on ahead of them.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

⁷ tn Heb “and he went up.”

⁸ tn Heb “according to the word of the man of God.”

⁹ tn Heb “and his skin was restored, like the skin of a small child.”