One day the boy went out to his father among the reapers. He said to his father, “My head! My head!” And his father said to the servant, “Carry him to his mother.” The servant picked him up and carried him to his mother; he sat in her lap until noon, and then died. She went upstairs and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Closing the door on him, she went out

When Elisha reached the house, he found the boy dead, lying on the bed. He went in, closed the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD. Then he lay upon the child on the bed, placing his mouth upon the child’s mouth, his eyes upon the eyes, and his hands upon the hands. As Elisha stretched himself over the child, the boy’s flesh became warm.

He arose, paced up and down the room, and then once more stretched himself over him, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” He called her, and she came to him, and Elisha said to her, “Take your son.” She came in and fell at his feet in homage; then she took her son and left.