2 Kings 4:8-23
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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.
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9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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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.
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11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
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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.
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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.
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15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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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.
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17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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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.
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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.
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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.