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Now there
cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of
the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my
husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy
servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is
come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
02 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for
thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And
she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in
the house, save a pot of oil.
03 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad
of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow
not a few.
04 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the
door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour
out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set
aside that which is full.
05 So she went from him, and shut the door upon
her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to
her; and she poured out.
06 And it came to pass, when the vessels were
full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a
vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed.
07 Then she came and told the man of God. And he
said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and
live thou and thy children of the rest.
08 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to
Shunem, where was a great woman; and she
constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that
as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to
eat bread.
09 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I
perceive that this is an holy man of God, which
passeth by us continually.
10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on
the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and
a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it
shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall
turn in thither.
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither,
and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this
Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood
before him.
13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her,
Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all
this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest
thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain
of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine
own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her?
And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child,
and her husband is old.
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called
her, she stood in the door.
16 And he said, About this season, according to
the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And
she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not
lie unto thine handmaid.
17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at
that season that Elisha had said unto her,
according to the time of life.
18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a
day, that he went out to his father to the
reapers.
19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head.
And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to
his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and
then died.
21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of
the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and
went out.
22 And she called unto her husband, and said,
Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and
one of the asses, that I may run to the man of
God, and come again.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to
day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she
said, It shall be well.
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24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her
servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy
riding for me, except I bid thee.
25 So she went and came unto the man of God to
mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man
of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi
his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say
unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with
thy husband? is it well with the child? And she
answered, It is well:
27 And when she came to the man of God to the
hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came
near to thrust her away. And the man of God said,
Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her:
and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not
told me.
28 Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord?
did I not say, Do not deceive me?
29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and
take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if
thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my
staff upon the face of the child.
30 And the mother of the child said, As the Lord
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave
thee. And he arose, and followed her.
31 And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the
staff upon the face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went
again to meet him, and told him, saying, The
child is not awaked.
32 And when Elisha was come into the house,
behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his
bed.
33 He went in therefore, and shut the door upon
them twain, and prayed unto the Lord.
34 And he went up, and lay upon the child, and
put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon
his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh
of the child waxed warm.
35 Then he returned, and walked in the house to
and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon
him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the
child opened his eyes.
36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this
Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was
come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
37 Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and
bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son,
and went out.
38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was
a dearth in the land; and the sons of the
prophets were sitting before him: and he said
unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and
seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39 And one went out into the field to gather
herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered
thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and
shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew
them not.
40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it
came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage,
that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God,
there is death in the pot. And they could not eat
thereof.
41 But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it
into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the
people, that they may eat. And there was no harm
in the pot.
42 And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and
brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits,
twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in
the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the
people, that they may eat.
43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this
before an hundred men? He said again, Give the
people, that they may eat: for thus saith the
Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
44 So he set it before them, and they did eat,
and left thereof, according to the word of the
Lord.
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