2 Kings 4:11-17

Common English Bible

¹¹ So one day Elisha came there, headed to the room on the roof, and lay down. ¹² He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” Gehazi called her, and she stood before him. ¹³ Elisha then said to Gehazi, “Say to her, ‘Look, you’ve gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Is there anything I can say on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’”

She said, “I’m content to live at home with my own people.”

¹⁴ Elisha asked, “So what can be done for her?”

Gehazi said, “Well, she doesn’t have a son, and her husband is old.”

¹⁵ Elisha said, “Call her.” So Gehazi called her, and she stood at the door. ¹⁶ Elisha said, “About this time next year, you will be holding a son in your arms.”

But she said, “No, man of God, sir; don’t lie to your servant.”

¹⁷ But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at about the same time the next year. This was what Elisha had promised her.