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And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying ,
Thy servant my husband is dead ,
and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah ;
and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen .
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And Elisha said to her ,
What shall I do for thee ?
Tell me ,
what hast thou in the house ?
And she said ,
Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil .
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And he said ,
Go ,
borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours ,
empty vessels ;
let it not be few ;
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and go in ,
and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons ,
and pour out into all those vessels ,
and set aside what is full .
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And she went from him ,
and shut the door upon her and upon her sons :
they brought [
the vessels ]
to her ,
and she poured out .
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And it came to pass when the vessels were full ,
that she said to her son ,
Bring me yet a vessel .
And he said to her ,
There is not a vessel more .
And the oil stayed .
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And she came and told the man of God ;
and he said ,
Go ,
sell the oil ,
and pay thy debt ,
and live thou [
and ]
thy sons on the rest .
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And it came to pass on a day ,
that Elisha passed to Shunem ,
where was a wealthy woman ;
and she constrained him to eat bread .
And so it was , [
that ]
as oft as he passed by ,
he turned in thither to eat bread .
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And she said to her husband ,
Behold now ,
I perceive that this is a holy man of God ,
who passes by us continually .
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Let us make ,
I pray thee ,
a small upper chamber with walls ,
and let us set for him there a bed ,
and a table ,
and a seat ,
and a lampstand ;
and it shall be when he cometh to us ,
he shall turn in thither .
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And it came to pass on a day ,
that he came thither ,
and he turned into the upper chamber ,
and lay there .
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And he said to Gehazi his servant ,
Call this Shunammite .
And he called her ,
and she stood before him .
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And he said to him ,
Say now to her ,
Behold ,
thou hast been careful for us with all this care ;
what is to be done for thee ?
wouldest thou be spoken for to the king ,
or to the captain of the host ?
And she said ,
I dwell among mine own people .
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And he said ,
What then is to be done for her ?
And Gehazi said ,
Verily ,
she has no son ,
and her husband is old .
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And he said ,
Call her ;
and he called her ;
and she stood in the doorway .
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And he said ,
At this appointed time ,
when thy term is come ,
thou shalt embrace a son .
And she said ,
No ,
my lord ,
man of God ,
do not lie to thy handmaid .
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And the woman conceived ,
and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her .
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And the child grew ,
and it came to pass one day ,
that he went out to his father to the reapers .
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And he said to his father ,
My head ,
my head !
And he said to the servant ,
Carry him to his mother .
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And he carried him ,
and brought him to his mother ;
and he sat on her knees till noon ,
and died .
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And she went up ,
and laid him on the bed of the man of God ,
and shut [
the door ]
upon him ,
and went out .
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And she called to her husband ,
and said ,
Send me ,
I pray thee ,
one of the young men ,
and one of the asses ,
and I will run to the man of God ,
and come again .
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And he said ,
Why wilt thou go to him to-day ?
It is neither new moon nor sabbath .
And she said , [
It is ]
well .
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Then she saddled the ass ,
and said to her servant ,
Drive and go forward ;
slack not the riding for me ,
except I bid thee .
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And she went and came to 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 ,
there is the Shunammite :
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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 said ,
It is well .
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And she came to the man of God to the mountain ,
and caught him by the feet ;
and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away ;
but the man of God said ,
Let her alone ,
for her soul is troubled within her ,
and Jehovah has hidden it from me ,
and has not told me .
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And she said ,
Did I desire a son of my lord ?
did I not say ,
Do not deceive me ?
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And he said to Gehazi ,
Gird up thy loins ,
and take my staff in thy 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 lad .
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And the mother of the lad said ,
As Jehovah liveth ,
and as thy soul liveth ,
I will not leave thee !
And he rose up and followed her .
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And Gehazi passed on before them ,
and laid the staff upon the face of the lad ;
but there was neither voice ,
nor sign of attention .
And he returned to meet him ,
and told him saying ,
The lad is not awaked .
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And when Elisha came into the house ,
behold ,
the child was dead , [
and ]
laid upon his bed .
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And he went in and shut the door upon them both ,
and prayed to Jehovah .
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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 bent over him ;
and the flesh of the child grew warm .
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And he returned ,
and walked in the house to and fro ;
and went up ,
and bent over him .
And the lad sneezed seven times ,
and the lad opened his eyes .
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And he called Gehazi ,
and said ,
Call this Shunammite .
And he called her ;
and she came to him .
And he said ,
Take up thy son .
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And she came and fell at his feet ,
and bowed herself to the ground ;
and she took up her son ,
and went out .
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And Elisha came again to Gilgal .
And there was a famine in the land ;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him .
And he said to his servant ,
Set on the great pot ,
and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets .
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Then one went out into the field to gather herbs ,
and found a wild vine ,
and gathered from it his lap full of wild colocynths ,
and came and shred them into the pot of pottage ;
for they did not know them .
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And 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 ,
Man of God ,
there is death in the pot !
And they could not eat [
it ].
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And he said ,
Then bring meal .
And he cast [
it ]
into the pot ,
and said ,
Pour out for the people ,
that they may eat .
And there was no harm in the pot .
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And there came a man from Baal-shalishah ,
and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits ,
twenty loaves of barley ,
and fresh ears of corn in his sack .
And he said ,
Give to the people that they may eat .
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And his attendant said ,
How shall I set this before a hundred men ?
And he said ,
Give the people that they may eat ;
for thus saith Jehovah :
They shall eat ,
and shall have to spare .
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And he set [
it ]
before them ,
and they ate and left [
thereof ],
according to the word of Jehovah .