19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! (A)But now you will strike Syria only three times.”

20 Then Elisha [a]died, and they buried him. And the (B)raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. 21 So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:20 Having prophesied at least 55 years

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