11. One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested.
12. He told his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” So he did so and she came to him.
13. Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.”
14. So he asked Gehazi, “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”
15. Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.” So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.
16. He said, “About this time next year you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
17. The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18. The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers.
19. He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20. So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died.
21. She went up and laid him down on the prophet’s bed. She shut the door behind her and left.
22. She called to her husband, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.”
23. He said, “Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath.” She said, “Everything’s fine.”
24. She saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”