Elijah picked up the boy. He carried him down from the upstairs room into the house. He gave him to his mother. He said,“ Look! Your son is alive!”Then the woman said to Elijah,“ Now I know that you are a man of God. I know that the message you have brought from the Lord is true.”
Elisha arrived at the house. The boy was dead. He was lying on Elisha’s bed.Elisha went into the room. He shut the door. He was alone with the boy. He prayed to the Lord.Then Elisha got on the bed. He lay down on the boy. His mouth touched the boy’s mouth. His eyes touched the boy’s eyes. And his hands touched the boy’s hands. As Elisha lay on the boy, the boy’s body grew warm.Elisha turned away. He walked back and forth in the room. Then he got on the bed again. He lay down on the boy once more. The boy sneezed seven times. After that, he opened his eyes.Elisha sent for Gehazi. He said to him,“ Go and get the woman from Shunem.” So he did. When she came, Elisha said,“ Take your son.”She came in and fell at Elisha’s feet. She bowed down with her face toward the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
One day some Israelites were burying a man. Suddenly they saw a group of robbers. So they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. The body touched Elisha’s bones. When it did, the man came back to life again. He stood up on his feet.