2 Kings 4:32

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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Interpretation

Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love.

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This thought runs through 2 Kings 4:28-32.

Elisha Person: God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah ( 1 Kings 19:16-19 ).