26 Please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it going well for you? Is it going well for your husband? Is it going well for the child?’” Then she [a]answered, “It is going well.” 27 But she came to the man of God (A)at the hill and took hold of his feet. And Gehazi came up to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is [b]troubled within her; and the Lord has concealed it from me and has not informed me.” 28 Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘(B)Do not give me false hope’?”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:26 Lit said
  2. 2 Kings 4:27 Lit bitter

26 Run to her and say to her, ‘Is everything all right? Is your husband well? Is your child well?’ ” She answered, “It is all right.”

27 When she reached the man of God on the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone. Her spirit is in despair, but the Lord had hidden it from me and did not tell me.”

28 She said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not lie to me.’ ”

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