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2 Kings - ch 4 v 1 - 20
- And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'
- And Elisha saith unto her, `What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, `Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'
- And he saith, `Go, ask for thee vessels from without, from all thy neighbours -- empty vessels -- let `them' not be few;
- and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'
- And she goeth from him, and shutteth the door upon her, and upon her sons; they are bringing nigh unto her, and she is pouring out,
- and it cometh to pass, at the filling of the vessels, that she saith unto her son, `Bring nigh unto me a vessel more,' and he saith unto her, `There is not a vessel more;' and the oil stayeth.
- And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, `Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou `and' thy sons do live of the rest.'
- And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there `is' a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,
- and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;
- let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'
- And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,
- and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Call for this Shunammite;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him.
- And he saith to him, `Say, I pray thee, unto her, Lo, thou hast troubled thyself concerning us with all this trouble; what -- to do for thee? is it to speak for thee unto the king, or unto the head of the host?' and she saith, `In the midst of my people I am dwelling.'
- And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband `is' aged.'
- And he saith, `Call for her;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth at the opening,
- and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.'
- And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.
- And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,
- and he saith unto his father, `My head, my head;' and he saith unto the young man, `Bear him unto his mother;'
- and he beareth him, and bringeth him in unto his mother, and he sitteth on her knees till the noon, and dieth.
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