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12 He told his attendant[a] Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” So when he had summoned her, she stood in front of him.

13 Elisha[b] told him, “Ask her, ‘Look how you’ve gone to all this trouble to care for us! What can I do for you? Do you wish to be mentioned to the king or to the head of the army?’”

She replied, “I’m at home[c] living among my own people.”

14 He responded, “What, then, is to be done on her behalf?”

Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son and her husband is growing old.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:12 Lit. his young man; and so throughout the chapter
  2. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit. He
  3. 2 Kings 4:13 So LXX; the Heb. lacks at home

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.”(A) So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’”

She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”

14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked.

Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

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