2 Kings 4:8-17

Elisha and the Shunammite Woman

8One day Elisha went on to aShunem, where a bwealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that this is a holy cman of God who is continually passing our way. 10Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there.”

11One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12And he said to dGehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him. 13And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to ethe commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.” 14And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16And he said, “At this season, fabout this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, gO man of God; hdo not lie to your servant.” 17But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time ithe following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

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