2 Kings 4:11-17
Legacy Standard Bible
11 Now it happened that one day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber, and there he [a]lay down. 12 Then he said to (A)Gehazi his young man, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been [b]careful for us with all this [c]care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the commander of the army?’” And she [d]answered, “I live among my own people.” 14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi [e]answered, “Truly she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 And he said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. 16 Then he said, “(B)At this season [f]next year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God, (C)do not lie to your servant-woman.”
17 Then the woman conceived and bore a son at that season [g]the next year, as Elisha had said to her.
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- 2 Kings 4:11 Lit lay there
- 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fearful
- 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fear
- 2 Kings 4:13 Lit said
- 2 Kings 4:14 Lit said
- 2 Kings 4:16 Lit when the time revives
- 2 Kings 4:17 Lit when the time revived
2 Kings 4:11-17
Christian Standard Bible
The Shunammite Woman’s Son
11 One day he came there and stopped at the upstairs room to lie down. 12 He ordered his attendant Gehazi,(A) “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she stood before him.
13 Then he said to Gehazi, “Say to her, ‘Look, you’ve gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you?(B) Can we speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’”
She answered, “I am living among my own people.”
14 So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?”
Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 “Call her,” Elisha said. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway. 16 Elisha said, “At this time next year you will have a son in your arms.”(C)
Then she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your servant.”(D)
17 The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time the following year, as Elisha had promised her.
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