2 Kings 4:12

12 He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call to this Shunammite," so he called to her, and she stood before him.

2 Kings 4:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:12

And he said to Gehazi his servant
Who attended him wherever he went, and ministered to him, and lay very probably in the same chamber with him; he might be one of the sons of the prophets:

call this Shunammite;
tell her I desire to speak with her:

and when he had called her, she stood before him;
at the door of the chamber, in great reverence of him, and with much humility, waiting to hear what he had to say to her: this must be understood after what had further passed between Elisha and Gehazi, and between Gehazi and the woman, who returned to his master, and acquainted him with what she had said to him, upon which he was sent to call her, and she came.

2 Kings 4:12 In-Context

10 let us make a small enclosed room [upstairs] and put a bed, table, chair, and lampstand there for him, so that when he comes to us, he can turn and stay there.

11 One day it happened that he came there and went to the upper room and lay down there.

12 He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call to this Shunammite," so he called to her, and she stood before him.

13 He said to him, "Please say to her, 'Look, you took all this trouble, showing care for us; what is there [for me] to do for you? To speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?'" She said, "I [am] living among my people."

14 Then he said, "What may be done for her?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."