2 Kings 4:12
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New International Version (©2011)
He said to his servant Gehazi, "Call the Shunammite." So he called her, and she stood before him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her." When she appeared,

English Standard Version (©2001)
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." And when he had called her, she stood before him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He ordered his attendant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her and she stood before him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
He told his attendant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite." So when he had summoned her, she stood in front of him.

NET Bible (©2006)
He told his servant Gehazi, "Ask the Shunammite woman to come here." So he did so and she came to him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He told his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunem woman." Gehazi called her, and she stood in front of him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to Giezi his servant Call this Sunamitess. And when he had called her, and she stood before him,

Darby Bible Translation
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunamite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

World English Bible
He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, 'Call for this Shunammite;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:8-17 Elisha was well thought of by the king of Israel for his late services; a good man can take as much pleasure in serving others, as in raising himself. But the Shunammite needed not any good offices of this kind. It is a happiness to dwell among our own people, that love and respect us, and to whom we are able to do good. It would be well with many, if they did but know when they are really well off. The Lord sees the secret wish which is suppressed in obedience to his will, and he will hear the prayers of his servants in behalf of their benefactors, by sending unasked-for and unexpected mercies; nor must the professions of men of God be supposed to be delusive like those of men of the world.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - And he said to Gehazi his servant. Gehazi is here mentioned for the first time. He seems to have been Elisha's "servant" in a lower sense than Elisha had been Elijah's. Still, his position was such that on one occasion (2 Kings 8:4, 5) a king of Israel did not disdain to hold a conversation with him. Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him; i.e. before Gehazi. Elisha communicates with the woman through his servant, or at any rate in his presence, probably to prevent any suspicion of impropriety arising in the mind of any one. The prophet of the Lord must not be evil spoken of.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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.

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The Shunammite Woman
…11And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people. …

2 Kings 4:11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
2 Kings 4:13 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."
2 Kings 4:29 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand and run. Don't greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy's face."
2 Kings 5:20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, "My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."
2 Kings 8:4 The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, "Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done."
2 Kings 8:5 Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land. Gehazi said, "This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life."