The Shunammite Regains Her Land

8 Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had ·brought back [restored] to life. He said, “Get up and go with your ·family [^Lhousehold]. ·Stay [Settle; Live; ^TSojourn] any place you can, because the Lord has called for a ·time without food [famine] that will last seven years.” ² So the woman got up and did as the man of God had said. She left with her ·family [^Lhousehold], and they ·stayed [settled; lived; ^Tsojourned] in the land of the Philistines for seven years. ³ After seven years she returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ·beg [appeal to] the king for her house and land. ⁴ The king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God. The king had said, “Please tell me all the great things Elisha has done.” ⁵ Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had ·brought [restored] a dead boy back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had ·brought back [restored] to life came and ·begged [appealed to] the king for her house and land.

Gehazi said, “My ·master [lord] and king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha ·brought back [restored] to life.”

⁶ The king ·asked [questioned] the woman, and she told him about it. Then the king ·chose [appointed] an officer to help her. “·Give [Restore to] the woman everything that is hers,” the king said. “Give her all the ·money made [revenue] from her land from the day she left until now.”