2 Kings 4:25–37

²⁵So she went and came to the man of God by Mount Carmel. It happened when the man of God saw her at a distance,^e he said to Gehazi his servant, “There is this Shunammite. ²⁶Now, please run to meet her and ask her, ‘Is it peace for you? Is it peace for your husband? Is it peace for the boy?’ ” She said, “Peace.” ²⁷So she came to the man of God at the mountain, and she caught hold of his feet. Then Gehazi came near to push her away, but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is bitter, and Yahweh has hidden it from me and has not told me.” ²⁸Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say that you must not mislead me?”

²⁹Then he said to Gehazi, “Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand and go. If you meet anyone, you must not greet them; if anyone greets you, you must not answer them. You must put my staff on the face of the boy.” ³⁰Then the mother of the boy said, “As Yahweh lives^f and as your soul lives,^g I will surely not leave you.” So he got up and went after her. ³¹Gehazi crossed over before them, and he put the staff on the face of the boy; but there was no sound, and there was no sign of life, so he returned to meet him. He told him, saying, “The boy did not wake up.”

³²When Elisha came to the house, here was the boy dead, lying on his bed. ³³He went and closed the door behind the two of them and prayed to Yahweh. ³⁴Then he went up and lay upon the child and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his palms on his palms. As he bent down over him, the flesh of the boy became warm. ³⁵He returned and went to and fro^h in the house one time, then he went up and bent over him. Then the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. ³⁶Elisha called to Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her and she came to him; then he said, “Pick up your son.” ³⁷She came and fell at his feet and bowed down to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.