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¹ And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets had cried to Elisha, saying, My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant has seen Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.² And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me. What do you have in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.³ And he said, Go, beg vessels for yourself from outside, from your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not let them be few.⁴ And you shall go in and shut the door on you, and on your sons, and shall pour out into all these vessels. And you shall set aside the full ones.⁵ And she left him, and shut the door on her and on her sons. They carried to her, and she poured out.⁶ And it happened when the vessels were full, she said to her son, Bring another vessel to me. And he said to her, There is no other vessel; and the oil stopped.⁷ And she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and repay your loan. And you and your sons shall live from the rest.

⁸ And the day came that Elisha crossed over to Shunem. And a great woman was there. And she lay hold on him to eat bread. And it happened, as often as he passed by, he turned aside there to eat bread.⁹ And she said to her husband, Behold now, I know that he is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.¹⁰ Now let us make a little walled roof room, and let us set a bed for him there, and a table, and a chair, and a lampstand. And it shall be, when he comes to us, he shall turn in there.¹¹ And the day came when he came in there and turned into the roof room, and lay there.¹² And he said to his young man Gehazi, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.¹³ And he said to him, Now say to her, Behold, you have trembled with all this care for us. What shall I do for you? Shall I speak to the king for you, or to the army commander? And she said, I live among my people.¹⁴ And he said, What then shall I do for her? And Gehazi said, Truly there is no son to her. And her husband is old.¹⁵ And he said, Call for her. And he called for her. And she stood at the door.¹⁶ And he said, At this season, according to the time of life you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.¹⁷ And the woman conceived and bore a son, at this season, according to the time of life that Elisha spoke of to her.

¹⁸ And the boy grew, and the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers.¹⁹ And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to the young man, Carry him to his mother.²⁰ And he carried him, and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees until noon, and died.²¹ And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and went out.²² And she called to her husband, and said, Please send to me one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I shall run to the man of God, and return.²³ And he said, Why are you going to him today; it is neither new moon nor sabbath? And she said, Peace.²⁴ And she saddled the ass and said to her young man, Lead on, and go. Do not hold back riding for me except I speak to you.²⁵ And she went, and came to the man of God, to Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her from afar, he said to his young man Gehazi, Behold, The Shunammite!²⁶ Now please run to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the boy? And she said, Well.²⁷ And she came to the mountain to the man of God, and lay hold on his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away. But the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter in her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, andhas not told me.²⁸ And she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?²⁹ And he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go. When you meet a man, you shall not greet him. And when a man shall greet you, you shall not answer him. And you shall lay my staff on the face of the boy.³⁰ And the mother of the boy said, As Jehovah lives, and your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he rose up and went after her.³¹ And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the boy. But there was no voice, and there was no hearing. And he turned back to meet him, and told him, saying, The boy has not awakened.³² And Elisha came into the house. And, behold, the boy was dead, laid out on his bed.³³ And he went in and shut the door on both of them, and prayed to Jehovah.³⁴ And he went up and lay down on the boy, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands, and stretched himself on him. And the flesh of the boy became warm.³⁵ And he returned, and walked in the house, once here and once there. And he went up and stretched himself on him. And the boy sneezed seven times, and the boy opened his eyes.³⁶ And he called Gehazi and said, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she came in to him. And he said, Take up your son.³⁷ And she went in and fell at his feet, and bowed to the earth, and took up her son, and went out.

³⁸ And Elisha returned to Gilgal. And the famine was in the land. And the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his young man, Set on the big pot and boil soup for the sons of the prophets.³⁹ And one went out to the field to gather herbs, and found a vine of the field, and gathered gourds from it in the field. And with the lap of his garment full, he came in and shredded them into the pot of soup; for they did not know.⁴⁰ And they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, when they were eating the soup, they cried out and said, Death is in the pot O man of God! And they were not able to eat.⁴¹ And he said, Then bring meal. And he threw into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people and they shall eat. And there was no evil thing in the pot.⁴² And a man came from Baal-shalisha and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and ripe ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give to the people, and they may eat.⁴³ And his servant said, What? Should I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give to the people, and they shall eat. For so says Jehovah, Eat and have some left.⁴⁴ And he set before them, and they ate, and left some of it, according to the Word of Jehovah.