7. When she told the man of God what had happened, Elisha said to her, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. You and your sons can live on the money that is left.”
8. One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She asked Elisha to stop and eat at her house. So every time Elisha went through that place, he stopped there to eat.
9. The woman said to her husband, “Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.
10. Please, let’s make a little room on the roof for him. Let’s put a bed in this room and a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then when he comes to our house, he can have this room for himself.”
11. One day Elisha came to the woman’s house. He went to this room and rested there.
12. Elisha said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” The servant called the Shunammite woman, and she stood in front of Elisha.
13. Elisha told his servant, “Now say to her, ‘Look, you have done your best to take care of us. What can we do for you? Do you want us to speak to the king for you, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I am fine living here among my own people.”
14. Elisha said to Gehazi, “What can we do for her?” He answered, “I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old.”
15. Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So Gehazi called the woman. She came and stood at his door.
16. Elisha said, “About this time next spring, you will be holding your own baby boy in your arms.” The woman said, “No, sir! Man of God, don’t lie to me!”
17. But the woman did become pregnant and gave birth to a son that next spring, just as Elisha had said.
18. The boy grew. One day the boy went out into the fields to see his father and the men cutting the grain.
19. The boy said to his father, “Oh, my head! My head hurts!” The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother!”
20. The servant took the boy to his mother. The boy sat on his mother’s lap until noon. Then he died.
21. The woman laid the boy on the bed of Elisha, the man of God. Then she shut the door to that room and went outside.