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One day when he came there, he went up to the chamber and lay down there.
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He said to his servant Gehazi, "Call the Shunammite woman." When he had called her, she stood before him.
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He said to him, "Say to her, Since you have taken all this trouble for us, what may be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?" She answered, "I live among my own people."
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He said, "What then may be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."
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He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood at the door.
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He said, "At this season, in due time, you shall embrace a son." She replied, "No, my lord, O man of God; do not deceive your servant."
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The woman conceived and bore a son at that season, in due time, as Elisha had declared to her.
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When the child was older, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
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He complained to his father, "Oh, my head, my head!" The father said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."
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He carried him and brought him to his mother; the child sat on her lap until noon, and he died.
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She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, closed the door on him, and left.