2 Kings 4:8-17 - Elisha At Shunem

⁸ One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal. ⁹ She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet. ¹⁰ Let's make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there."

¹¹ One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested. ¹² He told his servant Gehazi, "Ask the Shunammite woman to come here." So he did so and she came to him.

¹³ Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure."

¹⁴ So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old."

¹⁵ Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway. ¹⁶ He said, "About this time next year you will be holding a son." She said, "No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!"

¹⁷ The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.