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2 Kings 8:5

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8:5While Gehazi5 was telling the king how Elisha6 had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field.7 Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

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  1. 5 Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 6 Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 7 Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.” The legal background of the situation is uncertain. For a discussion of possibilities, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (), .

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.

Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

While he was telling the king how Elisha restored the dead son to life, the woman whose son he had restored to life came to appeal to the king for her house and field. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

NLTNew Living Translation

And Gehazi was telling the king about the time Elisha had brought a boy back to life. At that very moment, the mother of the boy walked in to make her appeal to the king about her house and land.

“Look, my lord the king!” Gehazi exclaimed. “Here is the woman now, and this is her son—the very one Elisha brought back to life!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It happened that as he was telling the king how he had restored the dead to life, suddenly the woman whose son he had restored to life was crying out to the king about her household and about her field. Then Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life!”

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.