2 KINGS 4:25 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
Elisha sends Gehazi ahead with his staff to lay on the child's face — the staff (matteh) carries prophetic authority; its contact with the child is meant to transmit the prophet's power. Yet Gehazi's action proves insufficient; the child does not respond.
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