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
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 One day when Elisha came there, he went into the room and lay down. 12 Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the woman of Shunem.” He called her, and she stood in front of him.
13 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘You have been very concerned about us. What can we do for you? Is there something we can request for you from the king or from the commander of the army?’”
She said, “I am living among my own people.”
14 Then he said, “What can be done for her?”
Then Gehazi said, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15 He said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood at the doorway.
16 Then he said to her, “At this time next year, you will be holding a son.”
But she said, “No, my lord, you man of God. Do not deceive your servant.”
17 But the woman conceived, and she gave birth to a son at that same time of year, just as Elisha said to her.
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