As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet.This is an odd story. Elisha is dead and long gone, and in a panic situation another body gets thrown onto his. That body comes back to life. It appears that God so empowered Elisha that he wanted to show that He was still able to give power after death.
I've never been one to believe that certain objects are imbued with power of their own. I've always considered such things to be the domain of fantasy games and novels. However, in this case, it appears that God specifically left a power on Elisha's dead body, to show that He was in control of all things. I wonder if anyone else later tried this, since the story obviously got out, and if it failed or succeeded. I would assume that it failed, and God had made a special change for this particular person.
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