11 Now [a]one day he came there, and turned in to the upper room and [b]rested. 12 Then he said to his servant (A)Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have taken trouble for us with all this [c]care; what can I do for you? [d]Would you like me to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” But she [e]answered, “I live among my own people.” 14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi [f]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, “(B)At this season [g]next year, you are going to embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, you man of God, (C)do not lie to your servant.”

17 Now the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season [h]the next year, as Elisha had told her.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:11 Lit the day came that
  2. 2 Kings 4:11 Lit lay there
  3. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fear
  4. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit Is it to speak
  5. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit said
  6. 2 Kings 4:14 Lit said
  7. 2 Kings 4:16 Lit when the time revives
  8. 2 Kings 4:17 Lit when the time revived

11 One day, Elisha[a] came by to visit and stopped in to rest in the upper chamber. 12 He told his attendant[b] Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” So when he had summoned her, she stood in front of him.

13 Elisha[c] told him, “Ask her, ‘Look how you’ve gone to all this trouble to care for us! What can I do for you? Do you wish to be mentioned to the king or to the head of the army?’”

She replied, “I’m at home[d] living among my own people.”

14 He responded, “What, then, is to be done on her behalf?”

Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son and her husband is growing old.”

15 “Call her,” Elisha[e] ordered. After he called her, she came and stood in the doorway, 16 and he told her, “About this time next year you will be embracing a son.”

“No, sir! Please, as a godly man,[f] don’t mislead your servant!” 17 But the woman did conceive and did bear a son at that very same time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:11 Lit. he
  2. 2 Kings 4:12 Lit. his young man; and so throughout the chapter
  3. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit. He
  4. 2 Kings 4:13 So LXX; the Heb. lacks at home
  5. 2 Kings 4:15 Lit. he
  6. 2 Kings 4:16 Or a man of God