2 Kings 4:16-22

International Standard Version

¹⁶ and he told her, “About this time next year you will be embracing a son.”

“No, sir! Please, as a godly man,^[a] don’t mislead your servant!” ¹⁷ But the woman did conceive and did bear a son at that very same time the next year, just as Elisha had told her.

Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son^(A)

¹⁸ After the child had grown up a bit, one day he went out to visit his father, who was with the harvesters. ¹⁹ He told his father, “My head! My head!”

So his father ordered his servant, “Carry him over to his mother!” ²⁰ So the servant carried him over to his mother, where he rested on her lap until mid-day,^[b] and then he died. ²¹ The woman went upstairs, laid him on the bed belonging to the man of God, and shut the door, leaving him behind as she left.

²² Then she called to her husband and asked him, “Please send me one of the servants, along with one of the donkeys, so I can ride quickly to see that godly man.^[c] I’ll be right back.”