King James Version
2 Kings 4:33 in the King James Version says “He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.”
2 Kings 4:33 · KJV
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. hearing: Heb. attention
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro ; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and prayed”
H6419to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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