New American Standard Bible 1995

Holman Christian Standard Bible

1Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

1One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves."

2Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."

2Elisha asked her, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" She said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil."

3Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.

3Then he said, "Go and borrow empty containers from everyone--from all your neighbors. Do not get just a few.

4"And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full."

4Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side."

5So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.

5So she left. After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.

6When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more." And the oil stopped.

6When they were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another container." But he replied, "There aren't any more." Then the oil stopped.

7Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest."

7She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go sell the oil and pay your debt; you and your sons can live on the rest."

8Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat food.

8One day Elisha went to Shunem. A prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to eat some food. So whenever he passed by, he stopped there to eat.

9She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually.

9Then she said to her husband, "I know that the one who often passes by here is a holy man of God,

10"Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there."

10so let's make a small room upstairs and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp there for him. Whenever he comes, he can stay there."

11One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested.

11One day he came there and stopped and went to the room upstairs to lie down.

12Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." And when he had called her, she stood before him.

12He ordered his attendant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." So he called her and she stood before him.

13He said to him, "Say now to her, 'Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?'" And she answered, "I live among my own people."

13Then he said to Gehazi, "Say to her, 'Look, you've gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?" She answered, "I am living among my own people."

14So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old."

14So he asked, "Then what should be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old.""

15He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

15Call her," Elisha said. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.

16Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant."

16Elisha said, "At this time next year you will have a son in your arms." Then she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not deceive your servant."

17The woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her.

17The woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the same time the following year, as Elisha had promised her.

18When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers.

18The child grew and one day went out to his father and the harvesters.

19He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

19Suddenly he complained to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died.

20So he picked him up and took him to his mother. The child sat on her lap until noon and then died.

21She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and went out.

21Then she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut him in, and left.

22Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return."

22She summoned her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can hurry to the man of God and then come back."

23He said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath." And she said, "It will be well."

23But he said, "Why go to him today? It's not a New Moon or a Sabbath." She replied, "Everything is all right."

24Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you."

24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Hurry, don't slow the pace for me unless I tell you."

25So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite.

25So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his attendant Gehazi, "Look, there's the Shunammite woman.

26"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."

26Run out to meet her and ask, 'Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your son all right?" And she answered, "Everything's all right."

27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."

27When she came up to the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone--she is in severe anguish, and the LORD has hidden it from me. He hasn't told me."

28Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?"

28Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn't I say, 'Do not deceive me?"

29Then he said to Gehazi, "Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the lad's face."

29So Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tuck your mantle under your belt, take my staff with you, and go. If you meet anyone, don't stop to greet him, and if a man greets you, don't answer him. Then place my staff on the boy's face."

30The mother of the lad said, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." And he arose and followed her.

30The boy's mother said to Elisha, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So he got up and followed her.

31Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad's face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, "The lad has not awakened."

31Gehazi went ahead of them and placed the staff on the boy's face, but there was no sound or sign of life, so he went back to meet Elisha and told him, "The boy didn't wake up."

32When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed.

32When Elisha got to the house, he discovered the boy lying dead on his bed.

33So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the LORD.

33So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

34And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.

34Then he went up and lay on the boy: he put mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hand to hand. While he bent down over him, the boy's flesh became warm.

35Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.

35Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

36He called Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, "Take up your son."

36Elisha called Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunammite woman." He called her and she came. Then Elisha said, "Pick up your son."

37Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out.

37She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.

38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet. He said to his attendant, "Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets."

39Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were.

39One went out to the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment would hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, but they were unaware of what they were.

40So they poured it out for the men to eat. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, "O man of God, there is death in the pot." And they were unable to eat.

40They served some for the men to eat, but when they ate the stew they cried out, "There's death in the pot, man of God!" And they were unable to eat it.

41But he said, "Now bring meal." He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people that they may eat." Then there was no harm in the pot.

41Then Elisha said, "Get some meal." He threw it into the pot and said, "Serve it for the people to eat." And there was nothing bad in the pot.

42Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat."

42A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of 20 loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, "Give it to the people to eat."

43His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" But he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left over.'"

43But Elisha's attendant asked, "What? Am I to set 20 loaves before 100 men?"" Give it to the people to eat," Elisha said, "for this is what the LORD says: 'They will eat, and they will have some left over.'"

44So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

44So he gave it to them, and as the LORD had promised, they ate and had some left over.

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