13. And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
14. And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15. He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
16. And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant.”
17. But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
18. When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers.
19. And he said to his father, “Oh, my head, my head!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20. And when he had lifted him and brought him to his mother, the child sat on her lap till noon, and then he died.
21. And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God and shut the door behind him and went out.
22. Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”
23. And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”
24. Then she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant, “Urge the animal on; do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you.”