The Scriptures 1998

2 Kings 4:6-17 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

6. And it came to be, when the vessels were filled, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” But he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” And the oil ceased.

7. So she went and informed the man of Elohim, and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt. And you and your sons live on the rest.”

8. And it came to be on a day that Elisha went to Shunĕm, where there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat some food. And it came to be, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat some food.

9. And she said to her husband, “Look, I know that this is a set-apart man of Elohim, who passes by us continually.

10. “Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall, and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand. And it shall be, whenever he comes to us, let him turn in there.”

11. And it came to be on a day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.

12. And he said to Gĕḥazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her, and she stood before him.

13. And he said to him, “Please say to her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What is there to be done for you? Should I speak on your behalf to the sovereign or to the commander of the army?’ ” And she answered, “I am dwelling among my own people.”

14. And he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gĕḥazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

15. And he said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.

16. And he said, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my master, man of Elohim, do not lie to your female servant!”

17. And the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had spoken to her.