2 Kings 4:25–37

²⁵And so she departed, and went to the man of God ^hat Mount Carmel.

So it was, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, the Shunammite woman! ²⁶Please 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 answered, “It is well.” ²⁷Now when she came to the man of God at the hill, she caught him by the feet, but Gehazi came near to push her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone; for her soul is in deep distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

²⁸So she said, “Did I ask a son of my lord? ⁱDid I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”

²⁹Then he said to Gehazi, ^j“Get ⁶yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, ^kdo not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but ^llay my staff on the face of the child.”

³⁰And the mother of the child said, ^m“As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not ⁿleave you.” So he arose and followed her. ³¹Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, “The child has ^onot awakened.”

³²When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed. ³³He ^pwent in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, ^qand prayed to the Lord. ³⁴And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and ^rhe stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm. ³⁵He returned and walked back and forth in the house, and again went up ^sand stretched himself out on him; then ^tthe child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. ³⁶And he called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” ³⁷So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she ^upicked up her son and went out.