Now therecried a certainwoman of the wives of the sons of the prophetsuntoElisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thouknowestthat thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to takeunto him my two sons to be bondmen.
And Elishasaidunto her, Whatshall I do for thee? tell me, whathastthou in the house? And she said, Thinehandmaidhath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
And whenthou art come in, thoushaltshut the dooruponthee and upon thy sons, and shaltpour out into all thosevessels, and thoushalt set asidethatwhich is full.
And it came to pass, when the vesselswerefull, that she saidunto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he saidunto her, There is not a vesselmore. And the oil stayed.
And it fell on a day, thatElishapassed to Shunem, where was a greatwoman; 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.
Let us make a littlechamber, I praythee, 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 shallturn in thither.
And he saidunto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thouhastbeencareful for us with all thiscare; what is to be done for thee? wouldestthou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwellamongmine own people.
And he said, Aboutthisseason, according to the time of life, thoushaltembrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie untothinehandmaid.
And she calledunto her husband, and said, Send me, I praythee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and comeagain.
So she went and cameunto the man of God to mountCarmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is thatShunammite:
Run now, I praythee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it wellwiththee? is it wellwith thy husband? is it wellwith the child? And she answered, It is well.
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazicamenear to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexedwithin her: and the LORDhath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thinehand, and go thy way: if thoumeet any man, salute him not; and if any salutethee, answer him not again: and lay my staffupon the face of the child.
And Gehazipassed on beforethem, and laid the staffupon the face of the child; but there was neithervoice, nor hearing. Wherefore he wentagain to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouthupon his mouth, and his eyesupon his eyes, and his handsupon his hands: and he stretchedhimselfupon the child; and the flesh of the childwaxedwarm.
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretchedhimselfupon him: and the childsneezedseventimes, and the childopened his eyes.
And Elishacameagain to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophetsweresittingbefore him: and he saidunto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethepottage for the sons of the prophets.
And one went out into the field to gatherherbs, and found a wildvine, and gatheredthereofwildgourds his lap full, and came and shredtheminto the pot of pottage: for theyknewthem not.
So theypoured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as theywereeating of the pottage, thattheycried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And theycould not eat thereof.
And therecame a man fromBaalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twentyloaves of barley, and fullears of corn in the huskthereof. And he said, Giveunto the people, thatthey may eat.
And his servitorsaid, What, should I set thisbefore an hundred men? He saidagain, Give the people, thatthey may eat: for thussaith the LORD, Theyshall eat, and shallleavethereof.