1. Now a certain woman, from the wives of the prophets, cried out to Elisha, saying: "My husband, your servant, is dead. And you know that your servant was one who fears the Lord. And behold, a creditor has arrived, so that he may take away my two sons to serve him."
2. And Elisha said to her: "What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" And she responded, "I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed."
3. And he said to her: "Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few.
4. And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away."
5. And so, the woman went and closed the door upon herself and her sons. They were bringing her the vessels, and she was pouring into them.
6. And when the vessels had been filled, she said to her son, "Bring me another a vessel." And he responded, "I have none." And there was oil remaining.
7. Then she went and told the man of God. And he said: "Go, sell the oil, and repay your creditor. Then you and your sons may live on what remains."
8. Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.
9. And she said to her husband: "I have noticed that he is a holy man of God, who passes by us frequently.
10. Therefore, let us prepare a small upper room for him, and place a bed in it for him, and a table, and a chair, and a lampstand, so that when he comes to us, he may stay there."
11. Then it happened that, on a certain day, arriving, he turned aside into the upper room, and he rested there.
12. And he said to his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." And when he had called her, and she stood before him,
13. he said to his servant: "Say to her: Behold, you have ministered to us attentively in all things. What do you want, that I might do for you? Do you have any business, or do you want me to speak to the king, or to the leader of the military?" And she responded, "I live in the midst of my own people."
14. And he said, "Then what does she want, that I might do for her?" And Gehazi said: "You need not ask. For she has no son, and her husband is elderly."
15. And so, he instructed him to call her. And when she had been called, and was standing before the door,