2 Kings Chapter 4
4:1 | 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. |
4:2 | And Elisha said unto her, What shall I ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:3 | Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few. |
4:4 | And when thou ![]() |
4:5 | 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. |
4:6 | 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. |
4:7 | 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. |
4:8 | And it fell on a ![]() ![]() ![]() |
4:9 | And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. |
4:10 | 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. |
4:11 | And it fell on a ![]() |
4:12 | And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. |
4:13 | 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 ![]() |
4:14 | And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, ![]() |
4:15 | And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. |
4:16 | And he said, About this season, according to the ![]() ![]() |
4:17 | And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the ![]() |
4:18 | And when the child was grown, it fell on a ![]() |
4:19 | And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. |
4:20 | And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died. |
4:21 | And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out. |
4:22 | 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. |
4:23 | And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to ![]() |
4:24 | Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not [thy] riding for me, except I bid thee. |
4:25 | 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: |
4:26 | 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. |
4:27 | And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the ![]() |
4:28 | Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, ![]() |
4:29 | 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, ![]() |
4:30 | 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. |
4:31 | 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. |
4:32 | And when Elisha was come into the ![]() |
4:33 | He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. |
4:34 | 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 ![]() |
4:35 | Then he returned, and walked in the ![]() ![]() |
4:36 | 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. |
4:37 | Then she went in, and fell at his ![]() |
4:38 | 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. |
4:39 | 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. |
4:40 | 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] ![]() |
4:41 | 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. |
4:42 | And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God ![]() ![]() |
4:43 | 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]. |
4:44 | So he set [it] before them, and they did eat, and left [thereof], according to the word of the LORD. |