2 Kings 4:34

34 Then he lay on the boy, putting his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on the boy's eyes, his hands on the boy's hands. He crouched over the boy's body, and it became warm.

2 Kings 4:34 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:34

And he went up
To the bed, which was on an ascent in the chamber, (See Gill on 2 Kings 1:4) and lay upon the child; as Elijah did on the widow's son of Zarephath, ( 1 Kings 17:21 )

and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his
hands upon his hands, and stretched himself upon the child;
that is, he did each of these one after another, since the disproportion of their bodies would not admit of their being done together:

and the flesh of the child waxed warm;
not from any virtue imparted to it by these motions and actions of the prophet, but from life being infused into it by the Lord, which caused an heat in the several parts of the body.

2 Kings 4:34 In-Context

32 When Elisha came to the house, the dead boy was lying on Elisha's bed.

33 He went into the room, closed the door, and prayed to the LORD.

34 Then he lay on the boy, putting his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes on the boy's eyes, his hands on the boy's hands. He crouched over the boy's body, and it became warm.

35 Elisha got up, walked across the room and came back, and then got back on the bed and crouched over him. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

36 Elisha called Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunem woman." Gehazi called her. When she came to him, he said, "Take your son."