2 Kings 4:12-25

12Then he said to his servant 1Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have taken trouble for us with all this 2care; what can I do for you? 3Would you like me to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” But she 4answered, “I live among my own people.” 14So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi 5answered, “It is a fact that she has no son, and her husband is old.” 15He then said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16Then he said, “6At this season 7next year, you are going to embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, you man of God, 8do not lie to your servant.”

17Now the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season 9the next year, as Elisha had told her.

18When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers. 19And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” And his father said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20When he had carried him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her 10lap until noon, and then he died. 21And she went up and 11laid him on the bed of 12the man of God, and shut the door behind him and left. 22Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.” 23But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither 13new moon nor Sabbath.” So she just said, “It will be fine.” 24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive the donkey and go on; do not slow down 14the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25So she went on and came to the man of God at 15Mount Carmel.

When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, that person there is the Shunammite.