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II Kings
Chapter 4
1
Now there cried a certain woman
of
the wives
of
the sons
of
the prophets
unto
Elisha,
saying,
your servant my husband is dead;
and
you know that your servant
did
fear/respect Jehovah/God
and
the creditor is come to take unto him
my
two sons to be bondmen.
2
And Elisha said unto her,
What
shall I do for you?
Tell
me, what have you in the house?
And
she said, your handmaid has not any thing in the house,
save
a pot of oil.
3
Then he said,
Go,
borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors,
even
empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4
And when you are come in,
you
shall shut the door upon you and upon your sons,
and
shall pour out into all those vessels,
and
you shall set aside that which is full.
5
So she went from him,
and
shut the door upon her and upon her sons,
who
brought the vessels to her;
and
she poured out.
6
And it came to pass,
when
the vessels were full,
that
she said unto her son,
Bring
me yet a vessel.
And
he said unto her,
There
is not a vessel more.
And
the oil stayed.
7
Then she came and told the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
And
he said, Go, sell the oil,
and
pay your debt,
and
live you and your children of the rest.
8
And it fell on a day,
that
Elisha passed to Shunem,
where
was a great woman;
and
she constrained him to eat bread.
And
so it was, that as oft as he passed by,
he
turned in there to eat bread.
9
And she said unto her husband,
Behold
now, I perceive
that
this is an holy man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
who
passes by us continually.
10
Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall;
and
let us set for him there a bed, and a table,
and
a stool, and a candlestick
and
it shall be, when he comes to us,
that
he shall turn in there.
11
And it fell on a day, that he came there,
and
he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12
And he said to Gehazi his servant,
Call
this Shunammite.
And
when he had called her, she stood before him.
13
And he said unto him,
Say
now unto her, Behold,
you
have been careful for us with all this care;
what
is to be done for you?
Would
you be spoken for to the king,
or
to the captain of the army/host?
And
she answered, I dwell among my own people.
14
And he said, What then is to be done for her?
And
Gehazi answered,
Verily
she have no child, and her husband is old.
15
And he said, Call her.
And
when he had called her, she stood in the door.
16
And he said, About this season,
according
to the time of life,
you
shall embrace a son.
And
she said, No, my lord,
you
man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
do
not lie unto your handmaid.
17
And the woman conceived,
and
bare a son at that season
that
Elisha had said unto her,
according
to the time of life.
18
And when the child was grown,
it
fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
19
And he said unto his father,
My
head, my head.
And
he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
20
And when he had taken him,
and
brought him to his mother,
he
sat on her knees till noon,
and
then died.
21
And she went up,
and
laid him on the bed of the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
shut the door upon him,
and
went out.
22
And she called unto her husband, and said,
Send
me, I pray you, one of the young men,
and
one of the asses,
that
I may run to the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
come again.
23
And he said, Wherefore will you go to him today?
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 your riding for me,
except
I bid you.
25
So she went and came
unto
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead to mount Carmel.
And
it came to pass,
when
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
saw
her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant,
Behold,
yonder is that Shunammite.
26
Run now, I pray you, to meet her,
and
say unto her, Is it well with you?
Is
it well with your husband?
Is
it well with the child?
And
she answered, It is well.
27
And when she came to the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
to
the hill,
she
caught him by the feet
but
Gehazi came near to thrust her away.
And
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead said,
Let
her alone; for her soul is vexed within her
and
Jehovah/God has hid it from me,
and
have 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 your loins,
and
take my staff in your hand, and go your way
if
you meet any man,
salute
him not;
and
if any salute you,
answer
him not again
and
lay my staff upon the face of the child.
30
And the mother of the child said,
As
Jehovah/God lives,
and
as your soul lives,
I
will not leave you.
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.
Therefore
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 Jehovah/God.
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 grew/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 your 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
you man of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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 'Elohiym/Godhead
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 said Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God.
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