So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to [a]appeal to the king for her house and for her field. Now the king was talking with (A)Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things that Elisha has done.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 8:3 Lit cry out

The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.

At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.”

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