^13:20Elisha died and was buried.⁵⁰ Moabite raiding parties invaded⁵¹ the land at the beginning of the year.⁵²^13:21One day some men⁵³ were burying a man when they spotted⁵⁴ a raiding party. So they threw the dead man⁵⁵ into Elisha’s tomb. When the body⁵⁶ touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man⁵⁷ came to life and stood on his feet.

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Footnotes

50 Heb “and they buried him.”
51 Heb “entered.”
52 The reading בָּא שָׁנָה (ba’ shanah), “it came, year,” should probably be emended to בְּבָּא הַשָּׁנָה (béba’ hashanah), “at the coming [i.e., ‘beginning’] of the year.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (), .
53 Heb “and it so happened [that] they.”
54 Heb “and look, they saw.”
55 Heb “the man”; the adjective “dead” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
56 Heb “the man.”
57 Heb “he”; the referent (the dead man) has been specified in the translation for clarity. Otherwise the reader might think it was Elisha rather than the unnamed dead man who came back to life.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Elisha died and was buried.

Now Moabite raiders used to come into the land in the spring of the year. Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a raiding party, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Elisha died and was buried.

Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring. Once when some Israelites were burying a man, they spied a band of these raiders. So they hastily threw the corpse into the tomb of Elisha and fled. But as soon as the body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man revived and jumped to his feet!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Elisha died and they buried him. Now the raiding parties of Moab came in the land in the spring. And it happened that they were burying a man; suddenly they saw the marauding band, so they threw the man in the grave of Elisha. As he went in, the man touched the bones of Elisha, and became alive and got up on his feet!

KJV 1900King James Version

And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

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