12. he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite woman.”When the servant had called her, she stood in front of him.
13. Elisha had told his servant, “Now say to her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak to the king or the commander of the army for you?’ ”She answered, “I live among my own people.”
14. Elisha said to Gehazi, “But what can we do for her?”He answered, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15. Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Call her.” When he called her, she stood in the doorway.
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, your servant!”
17. But the woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son at that time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.
18. The boy grew up and one day went out to his father, who was with the grain harvesters.
19. The boy said to his father, “My head! My head!”The father said to his servant, “Take him to his mother!”
20. The servant took him to his mother, and he lay on his mother’s lap until noon. Then he died.
21. So she took him up and laid him on Elisha’s bed. Then she shut the door and left.
22. She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys. Then I can go quickly to the man of God and return.”
23. The 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, the man of God, at Mount Carmel.When he saw her coming from far away, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there’s the Shunammite woman!
26. Run to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is the boy all right?’ ”She answered, “Everything is all right.”
27. Then she came to Elisha at the hill and grabbed his feet. Gehazi came near to pull her away, but Elisha said to him, “Leave her alone. She’s very upset, and the Lord has not told me about it. He has hidden it from me.”