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1 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. 11 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 he 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. 44 So he set it be­fore them, and they did eat, and left thereof, ac­cord­ing to the word of the LORD.