16. Then Elisha said, “About this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.”The woman said, “No, master, man of God. Don’t lie to me!”
17. But the woman became pregnant. And she gave birth to a son at that time the next year as Elisha had told her.
18. The child grew. One day he went out to his father, who was with the men harvesting grain.
19. The boy said to his father, “My head! My head!”The father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother!”
20. The servant took him to his mother. He lay on his mother’s lap until noon. Then he died.
21. She took him up and laid him on Elisha’s bed. Then she shut the door and went out.
22. She called to her husband. She said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys. Then I can go quickly to the man of God and come back.”
23. The woman’s husband said, “Why do you want to go to him today? It isn’t the New Moon or the Sabbath day.”She said, “It will be all right.”
24. Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Lead on. Don’t slow down for me unless I tell you.”
25. So she went to Elisha at Mount Carmel.He saw her coming from far away. So he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there’s the Shunammite woman!
26. Run to meet her! Say to her, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is the child all right?’”She answered, “Everything is all right.”
27. Then she came to Elisha at the hill. She caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to pull her away. But Elisha said to him, “Let her alone. She’s very upset, and the Lord has not told me about it. He has hidden it from me.”