2 Kings 13:21
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
The account belongs to the reign of Jehoash and to Elisha's final sickness, when Elisha sought to teach Jehoash persistence and faithfulness and Jehoash failed to learn the lesson. In a time of Moabite invasion, while men were burying a man they spied a band of raiders, so they hastily cast the body into Elisha's sepulchre. When the man was let down and his body touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood up on his feet.
The revival does not mean that Elisha himself came back to life. There was no power or sanctity in Elisha's bones themselves, and the verse does not teach that the relics of holy people have healing power. The honor shown to the prophet's remains pointed to the power of God, whose prophet Elisha was. God used the event to remind apostate Israel that Elisha's message remained living and should be heeded. God healed the man in this way as a witness that the prophecies Elisha had delivered in that kingdom would prove true and that his messages were truthful.
The event is one of three resurrections from the earlier dispensation before Christ's resurrection. It is an exceptional resurrection and one of several instances of people raised from the dead outside the general resurrection at Christ's coming. The event is evidence that God restored the dead to life and that resurrection is a reality. The event illustrates that trials bring a daily death, but contact with Christ brings resurrection power and new life.