2 Kings 4:31 meaning and explanation

Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”

2 Kings 4:31, Berean Standard Bible

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Elisha sent his servant Gehazi ahead with his staff to lay it on the dead son of the Shunammite woman, while the prophet followed with the mother. Gehazi obeyed, but nothing happened: no sound, no response.

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