2 Kings 4:11-17
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11 One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.(A) 13 He said to him, “Say to her: Since you have taken all this trouble for us, what may be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?” She answered, “I live among my own people.” 14 He said, “What then may be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood at the door. 16 He said, “At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son.” She replied, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant.”(B)
17 The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her.
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2 Kings 4:11-17
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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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- 2 Kings 4:11 Lit. he
- 2 Kings 4:12 Lit. his young man; and so throughout the chapter
- 2 Kings 4:13 Lit. He
- 2 Kings 4:13 So LXX; the Heb. lacks at home
- 2 Kings 4:15 Lit. he
- 2 Kings 4:16 Or a man of God
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