²⁵ And he went on to Mount Carmel^(A) and from there returned to Samaria.

³ She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet^(A) who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”

³² Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders^(A) were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Don’t you see how this murderer^(B) is sending someone to cut off my head?^(C) Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”