When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert.”

Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child’s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him, “The child did not wake up.”