1. Elisha told the woman whose son he had brought back to life, “The Lord has warned that there will be no food here for seven years. Take your family and go and live somewhere else for a while.”
2. The woman did exactly what Elisha had said and went to live in Philistine territory.She and her family lived there seven years.
3. Then she returned to Israel and immediately begged the king to give back her house and property.
4. Meanwhile, the king was asking Gehazi the servant of Elisha about the amazing things Elisha had been doing.
5. While Gehazi was telling him that Elisha had brought a dead boy back to life, the woman and her son arrived.“Here's the boy, Your Majesty,” Gehazi said. “And this is his mother.”
6. The king asked the woman to tell her story, and she told him everything that had happened. He then said to one of his officials, “I want you to make sure that this woman gets back everything that belonged to her, including the money her crops have made since the day she left Israel.”
7. Some time later Elisha went to the capital city of Damascus to visit King Benhadad of Syria, who was sick. And when Benhadad was told he was there,
8. he said to Hazael, “Go and see Elisha the man of God and get him to ask the Lord if I will get well. And take along a gift for him.”
9. Hazael left with forty camel loads of the best things made in Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He found the prophet and said, “Your servant, King Benhadad, wants to know if he will get well.”