Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again.

And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.