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Elisha and the Shunammite.[a] One day Elisha traveled to Shunem.[b] There was an important woman there, and she insisted that he stop to eat. Whenever he passed by there, he would stop to eat.

She said to her husband, “Behold, this man who often visits us is a holy man of God. 10 We should prepare a small room on the roof, and place a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it for him. Then he can stay there when he visits us.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:8 The story is very like the one told of Elijah (1 Ki 17:17-24).
  2. 2 Kings 4:8 Shunem: at the foot of Little Hermon in northern Israel.