nkjv 2Kings:4:8-37 SEEK
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Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem ,
where there was a notable woman ,
and she persuaded him to eat some food .
So it was ,
as often as he passed by ,
he would turn in there to eat some food .
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And she said to her husband , "
Look now ,
I know that this is a holy man of God ,
who passes by us regularly .
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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 ;
so it will be ,
whenever he comes to us ,
he can turn in there ."
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And it happened one day that he came there ,
and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there .
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Then he said to Gehazi his servant , "
Call this Shunammite woman ."
When he had called her ,
she stood before him .
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And he said to him , "
Say now to her , "
Look ,
you have been concerned for us with all this care .
What can I do for you ?
Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army ?"'
She answered , "
I dwell among my own people ."
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So he said , "
What then is to be done for her ?"
And Gehazi answered , "
Actually ,
she has no son ,
and her husband is old ."
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So he said , "
Call her ."
When he had called her ,
she stood in the doorway .
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Then he said , "
About this time next year you shall embrace a son ."
And she said , "
No ,
my lord .
Man of God ,
do not lie to your maidservant !"
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But the woman conceived ,
and bore a son when the appointed time had come ,
of which Elisha had told her .
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And the child grew .
Now it happened 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 !"
So he said to a servant , "
Carry him to his mother ."
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When he had taken him and brought him to his mother ,
he sat on her knees till noon ,
and then died .
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And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God ,
shut the door upon him ,
and went out .
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Then she called to her husband ,
and said , "
Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys ,
that I may run to the man of God and come back ."
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So he said , "
Why are you going to him today ?
It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath ."
And she said , "
It is well ."
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Then she saddled a donkey ,
and said to her servant , "
Drive ,
and go forward ;
do not slacken the pace for me unless I tell you ."
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And so she departed ,
and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel .
So it was ,
when the man of God saw her afar off ,
that he said to his servant Gehazi , "
Look ,
the Shunammite woman !
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Please run now to meet her ,
and say to her , "
Is it well with you ?
Is it well with your husband ?
Is it well with the child ?"'
And she answered , "
It is well ."
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Now when she came to the man of God at the hill ,
she caught him by the feet ,
but Gehazi came near to push her away .
But the man of God said , "
Let her alone ;
for her soul is in deep distress ,
and the LORD has hidden it from me ,
and has not told me ."
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So she said , "
Did I ask a son of my lord ?
Did I not say , "
Do not deceive me '?"
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Then he said to Gehazi , "
Get yourself ready ,
and take my staff in your hand ,
and be on your way .
If you meet anyone ,
do not greet him ;
and if anyone greets you ,
do not answer him ;
but lay my staff on the face of the child ."
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And the mother of the child said , "
As the LORD lives ,
and as your soul lives ,
I will not leave you ."
So he arose and followed her .
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Now Gehazi went on ahead of them ,
and laid the staff on the face of the child ;
but there was neither voice nor hearing .
Therefore he went back to meet him ,
and told him ,
saying , "
The child has not awakened ."
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When Elisha came into the house ,
there was the child ,
lying dead on his bed .
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He went in therefore ,
shut the door behind the two of them ,
and prayed to the LORD .
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And he went up and lay on the child ,
and put his mouth on his mouth ,
his eyes on his eyes ,
and his hands on his hands ;
and he stretched himself out on the child ,
and the flesh of the child became warm .
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He returned and walked back and forth in the house ,
and again went up and stretched himself out on him ;
then the child sneezed seven times ,
and the child opened his eyes .
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And he called Gehazi and said , "
Call this Shunammite woman ."
So he called her .
And when she came in to him ,
he said , "
Pick up your son ."
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So she went in ,
fell at his feet ,
and bowed to the ground ;
then she picked up her son and went out .