The Shunammite Woman

⁸ Now a day came when Elisha went over to ^(A)Shunem, where there was a ^[a]prominent woman, and she urged him to eat ^[b]food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat ^[c]food. ⁹ And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I am aware that this is a holy ^(B)man of God passing by us repeatedly. ¹⁰ Please, let’s ^(C)make a little walled upper room, and let’s set up a bed for him there, and a table, a chair, and a lampstand; then it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”

¹¹ Now ^[d]one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and ^[e]rested.

¹⁴ So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi ^[a]answered, “It is a fact that she has no son, and her husband is old.” ¹⁵ He then said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. ¹⁶ Then he said, “^(A)At this season ^[b]next year, you are going to embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, you man of God, ^(B)do not lie to your servant.”