ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 4
1. Now there cried[H6817] a certain[H259] woman[H802] of the wives[H802] of the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030] unto Elisha[H477], saying[H559], Thy servant[H5650] my husband[H376] is dead[H4191]; and thou knowest[H3045] that thy servant[H5650] did fear[H3373] Jehovah[H3068]: and the creditor[H5383] is come[H935] to take[H3947] unto him my two[H8147] children[H3206] to be bondmen[H5650].
2. And Elisha[H477] said[H559] unto her[H6213], What shall I do for thee[H5046]? tell me[H3426]; what hast thou in the house[H1004]? And she said[H559], Thy handmaid[H8198] hath not anything in the house[H1004], save a pot[H610] of oil[H8081].
3. Then he said[H559], Go[H3212], borrow[H7592] thee vessels[H3627] abroad[H2351] of all thy neighbors[H7934], even empty[H7386] vessels[H3627]; borrow not a few[H4591].
4. And thou shalt go in[H935], and shut[H5462] the door[H1817] upon thee and upon thy sons[H1121], and pour out[H3332] into all those vessels[H3627]; and thou shalt set aside[H5265] that which is full[H4392].
5. So she went[H3212] from him[H5462], and shut the door[H1817] upon her and upon[H1157] her sons[H1121]; they[H1992] brought[H5066] the vessels to her[H3332], and she poured out.
6. And it came to pass[H3627], when the vessels were full[H4390], that she said[H559] unto her son[H1121], Bring[H5066] me yet a vessel[H3627]. And he said[H559] unto her[H3627], There is not a vessel more[H8081]. And the oil stayed[H5975].
7. Then she came[H935] and told[H5046] the man[H376] of God[H430]. And he said[H559], Go[H3212], sell[H4376] the oil[H8081], and pay[H7999] thy debt[H5386], and live[H2421] thou and thy sons[H1121] of the rest[H3498].
8. And it fell on a day[H3117], that Elisha[H477] passed[H5674] to Shunem[H7766], where was a great[H1419] woman[H802]; and she constrained[H2388] him to eat[H398] bread[H3899]. And so it was[H1767], that as oft as he passed by[H5674], he turned[H5493] in thither to eat[H398] bread[H3899].
9. And she said[H559] unto her husband[H376], Behold now[H3045], I perceive that this is a holy[H6918] man[H376] of God[H430], that passeth[H5674] by us continually[H8548].
10. Let us make[H6213], I pray thee[H6996], a little chamber[H5944] on the wall[H7023]; and let us set[H7760] for him there a bed[H4296], and a table[H7979], and a seat[H3678], and a candlestick[H4501]: and it shall be[H935], when he cometh to us[H5493], that he shall turn in thither.
11. And it fell on a day[H3117], that he came[H935] thither[H5493], and he turned into the chamber[H5944] and lay there[H7901].
12. And he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522] his servant[H5288], Call[H7121] this Shunammite[H7767]. And when he had called[H7121] her[H5975], she stood before him[H6440].
13. And he said[H559] unto him[H559], Say now unto her[H2729], Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care[H2731]; what is to be done[H6213] for thee[H3426]? wouldest thou be spoken[H1696] for to the king[H4428], or to the captain[H8269] of the host[H6635]? And she answered[H559], I dwell[H3427] among[H8432] mine own people[H5971].
14. And he said[H559], What then is to be done[H6213] for her[H1522]? And Gehazi answered[H559], Verily[H61] she hath no son[H1121], and her husband[H376] is old[H2204].
15. And he said[H559], Call[H7121] her[H7121]. And when he had called her[H5975], she stood in the door[H6607].
16. And he said[H559], At this season[H4150], when the time[H6256] cometh round[H2416], thou shalt embrace[H2263] a son[H1121]. And she said[H559], Nay[H113], my lord, thou man[H376] of God[H430], do not lie[H3576] unto thy handmaid[H8198].
17. And the woman[H802] conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121] at that season[H4150], when the time[H6256] came round[H2416], as Elisha[H477] had said unto her[H1696].
18. And when the child[H3206] was grown[H1431], it fell on a day[H3117], that he went out[H3318] to his father[H1] to the reapers[H7114].
19. And he said[H559] unto his father[H1], My head[H7218], my head[H7218]. And he said[H559] to his servant[H5288], Carry[H5375] him to his mother[H517].
20. And when he had taken[H5375] him[H935], and brought him to his mother[H517], he sat[H3427] on her knees[H1290] till noon[H6672], and then died[H4191].
21. And she went up[H5927] and laid[H7901] him on the bed[H4296] of the man[H376] of God[H430], and shut[H5462] the door upon him[H3318], and went out.
22. And she called[H7121] unto her husband[H376], and said[H559], Send[H7971] me[H259], I pray thee, one of the servants[H5288], and one[H259] of the asses[H860], that I may run[H7323] to the man[H376] of God[H430], and come again[H7725].
23. And he said[H559], Wherefore wilt thou go[H1980] to him to-day[H3117]? it is neither new moon[H2320] nor sabbath[H7676]. And she said[H559], It shall be well[H7965].
24. Then she saddled[H2280] an ass[H860], and said[H559] to her servant[H5288], Drive[H5090], and go forward[H3212]; slacken[H6113] me not the riding[H7392], except I bid thee[H559].
25. So she went[H3212], and came[H935] unto the man[H376] of God[H430] to mount[H2022] Carmel[H3760]. And it came to pass[H376], when the man of God[H430] saw her afar off[H7200], that he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522] his servant[H5288], Behold[H1975], yonder is the Shunammite[H7767]:
26. run[H7323], I pray thee[H7125], now to meet her[H559], and say unto her[H7965], Is it well with thee[H7965]? is it well with thy husband[H376]? is it well[H7965] with the child[H3206]? And she answered[H559], It is well[H7965].
27. And when she came[H935] to the man[H376] of God[H430] to the hill[H2022], she caught[H2388] hold of his feet[H7272]. And Gehazi[H1522] came near[H5066] to thrust her away[H1920]; but the man[H376] of God[H430] said[H559], Let her alone[H7503]: for her soul[H5315] is vexed[H4843] within her[H3068]; and Jehovah hath hid[H5956] it from me[H5046], and hath not told me.
28. Then she said[H559], Did I desire[H7592] a son[H1121] of my lord[H113]? did I not say[H559], Do not deceive me[H7952]?
29. Then he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522], Gird up[H2296] thy loins[H4975], and take[H3947] my staff[H4938] in thy hand[H3027], and go thy way[H3212]: if thou meet[H4672] any man[H376], salute[H1288] him not[H376]; and if any salute[H1288] thee[H6030], answer him not again: and lay[H7760] my staff[H4938] upon the face[H6440] of the child[H5288].
30. And the mother[H517] of the child[H5288] said[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416], and as thy soul[H5315] liveth[H2416], I will not leave[H5800] thee[H6965]. And he arose, and followed her[H3212].
31. And Gehazi[H1522] passed on[H5674] before[H6440] them[H7760], and laid the staff[H4938] upon the face[H6440] of the child[H5288]; but there was neither voice[H6963], nor hearing[H7182]. Wherefore he returned[H7725] to meet[H7125] him[H5046], and told him[H559], saying, The child[H5288] is not awaked[H6974].
32. And when Elisha[H477] was come[H935] into the house[H1004], behold[H5288], the child was dead[H4191], and laid[H7901] upon his bed[H4296].
33. He went in[H935] therefore[H5462], and shut the door[H1817] upon them twain[H8147], and prayed[H6419] unto Jehovah[H3068].
34. And he went up[H5927], and lay[H7901] upon the child[H3206], and put[H7760] his mouth[H6310] upon his mouth[H6310], and his eyes[H5869] upon his eyes[H5869], and his hands[H3709] upon his hands[H3709]: and he stretched[H1457] himself upon him[H1320]; and the flesh of the child[H3206] waxed warm[H2552].
35. Then he returned[H7725], and walked[H3212] in the house[H1004] once to[H259] and fro[H259]; and went up[H5927], and stretched[H1457] himself upon him[H5288]: and the child sneezed[H2237] seven[H7651] times[H6471], and the child[H5288] opened[H6491] his eyes[H5869].
36. And he called[H7121] Gehazi[H1522], and said[H559], Call[H7121] this Shunammite[H7767]. So he called[H7121] her[H935]. And when she was come in unto him[H559], he said, Take up[H5375] thy son[H1121].
37. Then she went in[H935], and fell[H5307] at his feet[H7272], and bowed[H7812] herself to the ground[H776]; and she took up[H5375] her son[H1121], and went out[H3318].
38. And Elisha[H477] came again[H7725] to Gilgal[H1537]. And there was a dearth[H7458] in the land[H776]; and the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030] were sitting[H3427] before[H6440] him[H559]; and he said unto his servant[H5288], Set[H8239] on the great[H1419] pot[H5518], and boil[H1310] pottage[H5138] for the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030].
39. And one[H259] went out[H3318] into the field[H7704] to gather[H3950] herbs[H219], and found[H4672] a wild[H7704] vine[H1612], and gathered[H3950] thereof wild[H7704] gourds[H6498] his lap[H899] full[H4393], and came[H935] and shred[H6398] them into the pot[H5518] of pottage[H5138]; for they knew them not[H3045].
40. So they poured out[H3332] for the men[H582] to eat[H398]. And it came to pass[H398], as they were eating of the pottage[H5138], that they cried out[H6817], and said[H559], O man[H376] of God[H430], there is death[H4194] in the pot[H5518]. And they could[H3201] not eat thereof[H398].
41. But he said[H559], Then bring[H3947] meal[H7058]. And he cast[H7993] it into the pot[H5518]; and he said[H559], Pour out[H3332] for the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398]. And there was no harm[H1697] in the pot[H5518].
42. And there came[H935] a man[H376] from Baal-shalishah[H1190], and brought[H935] the man[H376] of God[H430] bread[H3899] of the first-fruits[H1061], twenty[H6242] loaves[H3899] of barley[H8184], and fresh ears of grain[H3759] in his sack[H6861]. And he said[H559], Give[H5414] unto the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398].
43. And his servant[H8334] said[H559], What[H5414], should I set this before[H6440] a hundred[H3967] men[H376]? But he said[H559], Give[H5414] the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398]; for thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], They shall eat[H398], and shall leave thereof[H3498].
44. So he set[H5414] it before[H6440] them[H398], and they did eat, and left[H3498] thereof[H1697], according to the word of Jehovah[H3068].
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