²⁵ So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.^(A)

When he saw her in the distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi, “Look! There’s the Shunammite!

²⁹ Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt,^(A) take my staff^(B) in your hand and run. Don’t greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

³⁰ But the child’s mother said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.