Now a certain woman from among the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the creditor has come to take my two children to himself as servants.

And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house? And she said, Your servant has nothing at all in the house, except a jar of oil.

And he said, Go and borrow vessels outside, from all your neighbors, empty vessels, and not just a few.

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and each one you fill set aside.

So she went away from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons; and they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out into them.

And when she had  ¹filled the vessels, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. But he said to her, There is no other vessel. And the oil stopped.

And she went and told the man of God. And he said, Go and sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons can live off the rest.

And one day Elisha was passing through Shunem; and there was a wealthy woman there, who compelled him to have a meal. So whenever he passed through, he would turn aside and have a meal there.

And she said to her husband, Now I know that this man who continually passes through unto us is a holy  ¹man of God.

Let us make a little walled upper room and put a bed and a table and a chair and a lamp for him; and when he comes to us, he can turn aside there.

Then one day he came there, and he turned aside into the upper room and lay down there.

And he said to Gehazi his attendant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.

And he said to him, Say to her, You have gone to all this trouble for us; what can be done for you? Should you be spoken of to the king or to the captain of the army? And she said, I dwell in the midst of my people.

And he said, What then can be done for her? And Gehazi said, Indeed she has no son, and her husband is old.

Then he said, Call her. And he called her, and she stood at the door.

And he said, At this time next year you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not deceive your servant.

And the woman conceived and bore a son at that time the next year, as Elisha had told her.

And when the child grew up, one day he went out to his father among the reapers;

And he said to his father, My head! My head! And he said to his attendant, Carry him to his mother.

And when he had carried him in and brought him to his mother, the child lay upon her lap until noon, then died.

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and she shut the door behind him and went out.

Then she called her husband and said, Send me one of the attendants and one of the donkeys that I may run to the man of God and return.

And he said, Why will you go to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the Sabbath. But she said, It will be fine.

Then she saddled the donkey and said to her attendant, Urge the beast, and do not restrain the ride for me unless I tell you.

So she went. And she came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. And when the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his attendant, That is the Shunammite over there.

Run now to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.

And when she came to the man of God on the mountain, she clung to his feet. And Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said, Leave her alone; for she is bitter in soul, and Jehovah has hidden the matter from me and has not told me about it.

And she said, Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not mislead me?

Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not respond to him. And lay my staff upon the face of the boy.

And the mother of the boy said, As Jehovah lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he rose up and followed her.

And Gehazi passed on before them and set the staff upon the boy's face, but there was no sound or reaction. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, saying, The boy has not awakened.

And when Elisha went into the house, there was the dead boy, laid out on his bed.

And he went in and shut the door behind the two of them, and he prayed to Jehovah.

Then he got up and lay on the child, and he put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his palms on his palms; and he stretched himself over him, and the flesh of the child became warm.

And he got down and walked about in the house once to and fro. Then he got up and stretched himself over him, and the boy sneezed seven times. Then the boy  ¹opened his eyes.

And he called Gehazi and said, Call that Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, Take up your son.

And she came and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground. And she took up her son and went out.

Then Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. And the sons of the prophets sat before him. And he said to his attendant, Put on the big pot, and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.

And one went out into the field to gather herbs. And he found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds. And he came and cut them up into the pot of stew, though they did not know what they were.

And they poured out the stew for the men to eat. And while they were eating some of the stew, they cried out and said, O man of God, there is poison in the pot. And they were not able to eat it.

And he said, Then bring some  ¹flour. And he threw it into the pot and said, Pour it out for the people that they may eat. And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

Then a man came from Baal-shalishah and brought to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, Give it to the people that they may eat.

And his servant said, How can I set this before a hundred people? And he said, Give it to the people that they may eat; for thus says Jehovah, They shall eat and have some left.

So he set it before them; and they ate, and there was  ¹some left, according to the word of Jehovah.

Now Naaman, the captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man in the sight of his master and highly respected, because by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria. But the man, though a mighty man of valor, was a leper.

And the Syrians had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel, and she waited on Naaman's wife.

And she said to her mistress, If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.

And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, Thus and thus did the girl who is from the land of Israel say.

Then the king of Syria said, Go then, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes.

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read: And now, when this letter comes to you, I am sending Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.

And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, Am I God to put to death and to give life, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Therefore consider now and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

And when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent word to the king, saying, Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.

And Naaman came with his horses and his chariot and stood at the entrance of the house of Elisha.

And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored; and you shall be clean.

But Naaman became furious and went away and said, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.

Are not the  ¹Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

And his servants came near and spoke to him and said, My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean?

So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times according to the word of the man of God. And his flesh was  ¹restored to be like the flesh of a little boy, and he was clean.

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him and said, Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except with Israel. And now, please accept a present from your servant.

But he said, As Jehovah lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing. And Naaman urged him to take it, but he refused.

And Naaman said, Then if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth, for your servant will no more offer burnt offerings and sacrifices to other gods, but to Jehovah only.

In this matter may Jehovah pardon your servant: When my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there and leans on my arm, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down in the house of Rimmon, may Jehovah pardon your servant in this matter.

And he said to him, Go in peace. And when he had gone from him a little way,

Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God said, Now my master has spared Naaman this Syrian by not receiving from his hand that which he brought. As Jehovah lives, I will run after him and take something from him.

So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him and said, Is all well?

And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Now at this moment two young men from among the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim; please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.

And Naaman said, Please take two talents. And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his attendants; and they carried them before him.

And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house. And he sent the men away, and they departed.

And he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where have you come from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant has not gone anywhere.

And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive clothing and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male servants and female servants?

Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, The place here where we dwell before you is too narrow for us.

Let us go to the Jordan and each take a beam from there, and let us make for ourselves a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.

And someone said, Please go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

And he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down the trees.

But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, Alas, my master! It was borrowed.

And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick and threw it there and made the iron  ¹float.

And he said, Take it up for yourself. And he stretched out his hand and took it.

Now the king of Syria waged war against Israel. And he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall my camp be.

And the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass such a place, for the Syrians are going down there.

And the king of Israel sent word to the place that the man of God told him about.  ¹So the king alerted  ²the place and put it on guard not merely once or twice.

And the heart of the king of Syria was enraged over this matter. And he called his servants and said to them, Tell me, which of us sides with the king of Israel?

And one of his servants said, None, O my lord the king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words which you speak in your bedroom.

And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send for him and seize him. And it was told him, saying, He is in Dothan.

And he sent horses and chariots and a massive army there. And they came by night and surrounded the city.

And the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, and there it was: an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. And his attendant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?

And he said, Do not fear, for they who are with us are more than they who are with them.

And Elisha prayed and said, O Jehovah, open his eyes that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the attendant, and he saw: The mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

And when the  ¹Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to Jehovah and said, Strike this nation with blindness. And He struck them with blindness according to Elisha's word.

Then Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he brought them to Samaria.

And when they came to Samaria, Elisha said, O Jehovah, open the eyes of these men that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the midst of Samaria.

And when he saw them, the king of Israel said to Elisha, Shall I strike them? Shall I strike them, my father?

And he said, You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive by your sword and your bow? Set bread and water before them, and let them eat and drink and go back to their master.

Then he prepared a great  ¹feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria no longer came into the land of Israel.

And after this Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.

And there was a great famine in Samaria; and they besieged it until the head of a donkey was sold for eighty pieces of silver and a fourth part of a  ¹kab of doves' dung was sold for five pieces of silver.

And once, as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried out to him, saying, Help me, O my lord the king.

And he said, If Jehovah does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor or the winepress?

And the king said to her, What is your trouble? And she said, This woman said to me, Give up your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.

So we boiled my son and ate him. And on the next day I said to her, Give up your son that we may eat him; but she hid her son.

And when the king heard the woman's words, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by upon the wall, the people could see that he had sackcloth upon his flesh underneath.

And he said, God do so to me, and even more, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today.

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king had sent a man from before him. Before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see that this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? When the messenger comes, see that you shut the door and hold the door closed against him. Surely the sound of his master's feet is behind him.

While he was still talking with them, the  ¹king came down to him and said, This evil is from Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?