husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run
to the man of God, and come again.
[23] And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither
new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
[24] Then she saddled an ass, and said to her
servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
[25] So she went and came
unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off,
that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
[26] Run now, I pray thee, to
meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?
And she answered, It is well.
[27] And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him
by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her
soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
[28] Then she said, Did
I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
[29] Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy
loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any
salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
[30] And the mother of the
child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed
her.
[31] And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was
neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is
not awaked.
[32] And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon
his bed.
[33] He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
[34]
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes,
and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed
warm.
[35] Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself
upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
[36] And he called Gehazi,
and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take
up thy son.
[37] Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up
her son, and went out.
[38] And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the
sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and
seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
[39] And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and
found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot
of pottage: for they knew them not.
[40] So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as
they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the
pot. And they could not eat thereof.
[41] But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he
said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
[42] And there came
a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley,
and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
[43] And
his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that
they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
[44] So he set it before
them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
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[1] Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable,
because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but
he was a leper.
[2] And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of
the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
[3] And she said unto her mistress,
Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
[4]
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
[5]
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed,
and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
[6]
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I
have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
[7] And it
came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God,
to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
[8] And it was so, when Elisha the
man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore