2 Kings 4:1-21 ▼

1 And one woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband died, and thou knewest that thy servant was fearing Jehovah: and the creditor came to take my two children for servants.

2 And Elisha will say to her, What shall I do for thee? announce to me what is to thee in the house. And she will say, Not anything to thy servant in the house but a flask of oil.

3 And he will say, Go ask for thyself vessels from without from all thine dwelling near; empty vessels; thou shalt not be little.

4 And come in and shut the door after thee and after thy sons, and thou shalt pour into all these vessels, and the full thou shalt remove.

5 And she will go from him and shut the door after her and after her sons, they bringing near to her, and she pouring out.

6 And it will be as the vessels being full, and she will say to her son, Bring to me yet a vessel. And he will say. Not a vessel more. And, the oil will stand.

7 And she will go and announce to the man of God, and he will say, Go sell the oil and requite thy creditor, and thou shalt live with thy sons by the rest.

8 And it will be the day, and Elisha will pass through to Shunem, and a great woman there; and she will lay hold on him to eat bread. And it will be as often as he passed by, he will turn aside there to eat bread.

9 And she will say to her husband, Behold now, I knew that he is a holy man of God, passing by us continually.

10 Now we will make a little wall chamber and put for him there a bed and a table, and a throne and a candlestick; and being in his coming to us he will turn aside there.

11 And the day will be and he will come there, and he will turn aside into the chamber, and lie there.

12 And he will say to Gehazi his boy, Call for this Shunamitess. And he will call for her, and she will stand before him.

13 And he will say to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou didst hasten for us all this concern; what to be done for thee? is it to speak for thee to the king, or to the chief of the army? And she will say, In the midst of my people I dwell.

14 And he will say, And what to be done for her? And Gehazi will say. Truly, not a son to her, and her husband an old man.

15 And he will say, Call to her. And he will call to her, and she will stand in the door.

16 And he will say, At this appointment about the time thou living to embrace a son. And she will say, My lord, thou man of God, do not deceive With thy servant.

17 And the woman will conceive and bear a son at this appointment about the time of living which Elisha spake to her.

18 And the child will grow; and the day will be and he will go forth to his father to those reaping.

19 And he will say to his father, My head, my head. And he will say to the boy, Lift him up to his mother.

20 And he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will lift him up and bring him to his mother, and he will sit upon her knees till noon, and he will die.

21 And she will go up and lay him down upon the bed of the man of God, and she will shut up after her and go forth.