Elisha and the Shunammite Woman
8 One day Elisha went on to
1Shunem, where a
2wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food.
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And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy
3man of God who is continually passing our way.
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Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there."
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One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there.
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And he said to
4Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
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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
5the commander of the army?'" She answered, "I dwell among my own people."
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And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."
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He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
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And he said, "At this season,
6about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord,
7O man of God;
8do not lie to your servant."
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But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time
9the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.