2 Kings 4:32
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
And when Elisha was come into the house,.... Of the Shunamite, and into the chamber built for him:
behold, the child was dead, and laid upon the bed; upon his bed, and where he found it really dead.
Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
Behold, the child was dead - The prophet then saw that the body and spirit of the child were separated.
We may well suppose that, after the birth of this son, the prophet was doubly welcome to the good Shunammite. He had thought himself indebted to her, but henceforth, as long as she lives, she will…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
upon his bed i.e. Elisha's bed, in the chamber which was set apart for the prophet and in which the mother had left her child.