2 Kings 4:31

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Neither voice

Hearing

1 Kings 18:26

Not awaked

Ephesians 5:14

General references

Acts 19:12

Bible References

Neither voice

Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But He did not answer him on that day.

When Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets.

“Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be consulted by them at all?

I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him.”

And He *answered them and *said, “O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!”

But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”

Hearing

Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made.

Not awaked

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,

He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

And entering in, He *said to them, “Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep.”

This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

For this reason it says,
“Awake, sleeper,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine on you.”

General references

so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out.