He stretched himself - Or, “prostrated himself.” The word is a different one from that used of Elijah and expresses closer contact with the …

He went up. —Upon the bed (2 Kings 1:6).

And lay upon the child. —Compare to [Reference 1 King…

And he arose, and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, no…

And he went up
To the bed, which was on an ascent in the chamber, (See Gill on 2 Kings 1:4) and…

Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But …