2 Kings 8:1-5 ▼

1 Elisha had told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, |Go away with your family. Stay wherever you can. The LORD has decided to send a famine on this country, and it will last seven years.|

2 The woman did what the man of God told her. She and her family went to live in Philistine territory for seven years.

3 At the end of seven years, the woman came home from Philistine territory but left again to make an appeal to the king about her house and land.

4 The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God. He said, |Please tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.|

5 While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha brought a dead child back to life, the mother [came to] make an appeal to the king about her house and land. Gehazi said, |Your Majesty, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life.|