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Chapter 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. |
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| 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 neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a
few. |
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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.
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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. |
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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| 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. |
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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: |
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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: |
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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. |
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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
stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
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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. |
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| So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left
thereof, according to the word of the LORD. |