2 Kings 4:11-17
English Standard Version
11 One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12 And he said to (A)Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to (B)the commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.” 14 And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 And he said, “At this season, (C)about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, (D)O man of God; (E)do not lie to your servant.” 17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time (F)the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
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2 Kings 4:11-17
International Standard Version
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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