2 Kings 4:12

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.

2 Kings 4:12 in Other Translations

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her.” When she appeared,

12 Then he said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the Shunammite woman I want to see her." He called her and she came to him.

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

12 He told his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunem woman." Gehazi called her, and she stood in front of him.

12 He ordered his attendant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her and she stood before him.

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Go and get the Shunammite woman." So he did. She stood in front of Elisha.

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’s make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us.”

11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.

13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’ ” She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”

14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked. Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 8:1