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2 Kings 4
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- Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons
of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou
knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take
unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
- 2
- And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell
me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any
thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
- 3
- Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy
neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
- 4
- And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon
thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou
shalt set aside that which is full.
- 5
- So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and
upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
- 6
- And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that
she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is
not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
- 7
- Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go,
sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
- 8
- And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem,
where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was,
that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
- 9
- And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive
that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
- 10
- Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall;
and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a
candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in
thither.
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- And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he
turned into the chamber, and lay there.
- 12
- And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite.
And when he had called her, she stood before him.
- 13
- And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou
hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And
she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
- 14
- And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi
answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
- 15
- And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she
stood in the door.
- 16
- And he said, About this season, according to the time of
life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God,
do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- 17
- And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season
that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
- 18
- And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he
went out to his father to the reapers.
- 19
- And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he
said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
- 20
- And when he had taken him, and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
- 21
- And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of
God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
- 22
- And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I
pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the
man of God, and come again.
- 23
- And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is
neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
- 24
- Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive,
and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
- 25
- So she went and came unto the man of God to mount
Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he
said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
- 26
- Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is
it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And
she answered, It is well:
- 27
- And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she
caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man
of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD
hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
- 28
- Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not
say, Do not deceive me?
- 29
- Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my
staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and
if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of
the child.
- 30
- And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth,
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
- 31
- And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff
upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing.
Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not
awaked.
- 32
- And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the
child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
- 33
- He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain,
and prayed unto the LORD.
- 34
- And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his
mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his
hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed
warm.
- 35
- Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro;
and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven
times, and the child opened his eyes.
- 36
- And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So
he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
- 37
- Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed
herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
- 38
- And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth
in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said
unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
- 39
- And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and
found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and
shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
- 40
- So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to
pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O
thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.
- 41
- But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the
pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no
harm in the pot.
- 42
- And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the
man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of
corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may
eat.
- 43
- And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an
hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith
the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
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- So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left
thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
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