3. At the end of seven years, the woman came home from Philistine territory but left again to make an appeal to the king about her house and land.
4. The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God. He said, “Please tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.”
5. While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha brought a dead child back to life, the mother ⌊came to⌋ make an appeal to the king about her house and land.Gehazi said, “Your Majesty, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life.”
6. When the king asked the woman ⌊about this⌋, she told him the story. So the king assigned to her an attendant to whom he said, “Restore all that is hers, including whatever her property produced from the day she left the country until now.”
7. Elisha went to Damascus. King Benhadad of Aram, who was sick, was told, “The man of God has come here.”
8. The king told Hazael, “Take a present, and meet the man of God. Ask the Lord through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’ ”
9. Hazael went to meet Elisha. He took with him a present and all kinds of goods from Damascus. He had loaded the goods on 40 camels. He stood in front of Elisha and said, “Your humble servant King Benhadad of Aram has sent me to you. He asks whether he will recover from this illness.”
10. Elisha replied, “Tell him that he will get better, although the Lord has shown me that he is actually going to die.”