2 Kings 4:25–37

²⁵So she set out, and went to Mount Carmel, where Elisha was.

Elisha saw her coming while she was still some distance away, and said to his servant Gehazi, “Look—there comes the woman from Shunem! ²⁶Hurry to her and find out if everything is all right with her, her husband, and her son.”

She told Gehazi that everything was all right, ²⁷but when she came to Elisha she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha said, “Leave her alone. Can’t you see she’s deeply distressed? And the Lord has not told me a thing about it.”

²⁸The woman said to him, “Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn’t I tell you not to raise my hopes?”

²⁹Elisha turned to Gehazi and said, “Hurry! Take my stick and go. Don’t stop to greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, don’t take time to answer. Go straight to the house and hold my stick over the boy.”

³⁰The woman said to Elisha, “I swear by my loyalty to the living Lord and to you that I will not leave you!” So the two of them started back together. ³¹Gehazi went on ahead and held Elisha’s stick over the child, but there was no sound or any other sign of life. So he went back to meet Elisha and said, “The boy didn’t wake up.”

³²When Elisha arrived, he went alone into the room and saw the boy lying dead on the bed. ³³He closed the door and prayed to the Lord. ^34*Then he lay down on the boy, placing his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy’s mouth, eyes, and hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy’s body started to get warm. ^35*Elisha got up, walked about the room, and then went back and again stretched himself over the boy. The boy sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes. ³⁶Elisha called Gehazi and told him to call the boy’s mother. When she came in, he said to her, “Here’s your son.” ³⁷She fell at Elisha’s feet, with her face touching the ground; then she took her son and left.