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Now there cried[H6817] a certain[H259]woman[H802] of the wives[H802] of the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030] unto Elisha[H477], saying[H559], Thy servant[H5650] my husband[H376] is dead[H4191]; and thou knowest[H3045] that thy servant[H5650] did fear[H3373] the LORD[H3068]: and the creditor[H5383] is come[H935] to take[H3947] unto him my two[H8147]sons[H3206] to be bondmen[H5650].
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And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto her, What shall I do[H6213] for thee? tell[H5046] me, what hast[H3426] thou in the house?[H1004] And she said[H559], Thine handmaid[H8198] hath not any thing in the house[H1004], save a pot[H610] of oil[H8081].
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Then he said[H559], Go[H3212], borrow[H7592] thee vessels[H3627]abroad[H2351] of all thy neighbours[H7934], even empty[H7386]vessels[H3627]; borrow[H7592] not a few[H4591].
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And when thou art come in[H935], thou shalt shut[H5462] the door[H1817] upon thee and upon thy sons[H1121], and shalt pour out[H3332] into all those vessels[H3627], and thou shalt set aside[H5265] that which is full[H4392].
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So she went[H3212] from him, and shut[H5462] the door[H1817]upon[H1157] her and upon[H1157] her sons[H1121], who[H1992]brought[H5066] the vessels to her; and she poured out[H3332].
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And it came to pass, when the vessels[H3627] were full[H4390], that she said[H559] unto her son[H1121], Bring[H5066] me yet a vessel[H3627]. And he said[H559] unto her, There is not a vessel[H3627] more. And the oil[H8081]stayed[H5975].
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Then she came[H935] and told[H5046] the man[H376] of God[H430]. And he said[H559], Go[H3212], sell[H4376] the oil[H8081], and pay[H7999] thy debt[H5386], and live[H2421] thou and thy children[H1121] of the rest[H3498].
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And it fell on a day[H3117], that Elisha[H477]passed[H5674] to Shunem[H7766], where was a great[H1419]woman[H802]; and she constrained[H2388] him to eat[H398]bread[H3899]. And so it was, that as oft[H1767] as he passed[H5674]by[H5674], he turned[H5493] in thither to eat[H398]bread[H3899].
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And she said[H559] unto her husband[H376], Behold now, I perceive[H3045] that this is an holy[H6918]man[H376] of God[H430], which passeth[H5674] by us continually[H8548].
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Let us make[H6213] a little[H6996]chamber[H5944], I pray thee, on the wall[H7023]; and let us set[H7760] for him there a bed[H4296], and a table[H7979], and a stool[H3678], and a candlestick[H4501]: and it shall be, when he cometh[H935] to us, that he shall turn[H5493] in thither.
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And it fell on a day[H3117], that he came[H935] thither, and he turned[H5493] into the chamber[H5944], and lay[H7901] there.
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And he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522] his servant[H5288], Call[H7121] this Shunammite[H7767]. And when he had called[H7121] her, she stood[H5975]before[H6440] him.
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And he said[H559] unto him, Say[H559] now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful[H2729] for us with all this care[H2731]; what is to be done[H6213] for thee? wouldest[H3426] thou be spoken[H1696] for to the king[H4428], or to the captain[H8269] of the host?[H6635] And she answered[H559], I dwell[H3427]among[H8432] mine own people[H5971].
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And he said[H559], What then is to be done[H6213] for her? And Gehazi[H1522]answered[H559], Verily[H61] she hath no child[H1121], and her husband[H376] is old[H2204].
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And he said[H559], Call[H7121] her. And when he had called[H7121] her, she stood[H5975] in the door[H6607].
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And he said[H559], About this season[H4150], according to the time[H6256] of life[H2416], thou shalt embrace[H2263] a son[H1121]. And she said[H559], Nay, my lord[H113], thou man[H376] of God[H430], do not lie[H3576] unto thine handmaid[H8198].
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And the woman[H802]conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121] at that season[H4150] that Elisha[H477] had said[H1696] unto her, according to the time[H6256] of life[H2416].
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And when the child[H3206] was grown[H1431], it fell on a day[H3117], that he went out[H3318] to his father[H1] to the reapers[H7114].
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And he said[H559] unto his father[H1], My head[H7218], my head[H7218]. And he said[H559] to a lad[H5288], Carry[H5375] him to his mother[H517].
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And when he had taken[H5375] him, and brought[H935] him to his mother[H517], he sat[H3427] on her knees[H1290] till noon[H6672], and then died[H4191].
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And she went up[H5927], and laid[H7901] him on the bed[H4296] of the man[H376] of God[H430], and shut[H5462] the door upon him, and went out[H3318].
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And she called[H7121] unto her husband[H376], and said[H559], Send[H7971] me, I pray thee, one[H259] of the young men[H5288], and one[H259] of the asses[H860], that I may run[H7323] to the man[H376] of God[H430], and come again[H7725].
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And he said[H559], Wherefore wilt thou go[H1980] to him to day?[H3117] it is neither new moon[H2320], nor sabbath[H7676]. And she said[H559], It shall be well[H7965].
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Then she saddled[H2280] an ass[H860], and said[H559] to her servant[H5288], Drive[H5090], and go forward[H3212]; slack[H6113] not thy riding[H7392] for me, except I bid[H559] thee.
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So she went[H3212] and came[H935] unto the man[H376] of God[H430] to mount[H2022]Carmel[H3760]. And it came[H935] to pass, when the man[H376] of God[H430] saw her afar off[H7200], that[H1975] he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522] his servant[H5288], Behold, yonder is that[H1975]Shunammite[H7767]:
26Run[H7323] now, I pray thee, to meet[H7125] her, and say[H559] unto her, Is it well[H7965] with thee? is it well[H7965] with thy husband?[H376] is it well[H7965] with the child?[H3206] And she answered[H559], It is well[H7965].
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And when she came[H935] to the man[H376] of God[H430] to the hill[H2022], she caught[H2388] him by the feet[H7272]: but Gehazi[H1522]came[H935]near[H5066] to thrust her away[H1920]. And the man[H376] of God[H430]said[H559], Let her alone[H7503]; for her soul[H5315] is vexed[H4843] within her: and the LORD[H3068] hath hid[H5956] it from me, and hath not told[H5046] me.
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Then she said[H559], Did I desire[H7592] a son[H1121] of my lord?[H113] did I not say[H559], Do not deceive[H7952] me?
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Then he said[H559] to Gehazi[H1522], Gird up[H2296] thy loins[H4975], and take[H3947] my staff[H4938] in thine hand[H3027], and go thy way[H3212]: if thou meet[H4672]any[H376]man[H376], salute[H1288] him not; and if any[H376]salute[H1288] thee, answer him not again[H6030]: and lay[H7760] my staff[H4938] upon the face[H6440] of the child[H5288].
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And the mother[H517] of the child[H5288]said[H559], As the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], and as thy soul[H5315]liveth[H2416], I will not leave[H5800] thee. And he arose[H6965], and followed[H3212] her.
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And Gehazi[H1522] passed on[H5674]before[H6440] them, and laid[H7760] the staff[H4938] upon the face[H6440] of the child[H5288]; but there was neither voice[H6963], nor hearing[H7182]. Wherefore he went again[H7725] to meet[H7125] him, and told[H5046] him, saying[H559], The child[H5288] is not awaked[H6974].
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And when Elisha[H477] was come[H935] into the house[H1004], behold, the child[H5288] was dead[H4191], and laid[H7901] upon his bed[H4296].
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He went in[H935] therefore, and shut[H5462] the door[H1817] upon them twain[H8147], and prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068].
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And he went up[H5927], and lay[H7901] upon the child[H3206], and put[H7760] his mouth[H6310] upon his mouth[H6310], and his eyes[H5869] upon his eyes[H5869], and his hands[H3709] upon his hands[H3709]: and he stretched[H1457] himself upon the child[H3206]; and the flesh[H1320] of the child[H3206] waxed warm[H2552].
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Then he returned[H7725], and walked[H3212] in the house[H1004]to[H259] and fro[H259]; and went up[H5927], and stretched[H1457] himself upon him: and the child[H5288]sneezed[H2237]seven[H7651]times[H6471], and the child[H5288]opened[H6491] his eyes[H5869].
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And he called[H7121]Gehazi[H1522], and said[H559], Call[H7121] this Shunammite[H7767]. So he called[H7121] her. And when she was come in[H935] unto him, he said[H559], Take up[H5375] thy son[H1121].
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Then she went in[H935], and fell[H5307] at his feet[H7272], and bowed[H7812] herself to the ground[H776], and took up[H5375] her son[H1121], and went out[H3318].
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And Elisha[H477] came again[H7725] to Gilgal[H1537]: and there was a dearth[H7458] in the land[H776]; and the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030] were sitting[H3427]before[H6440] him: and he said[H559] unto his servant[H5288], Set[H8239] on the great[H1419]pot[H5518], and seethe[H1310]pottage[H5138] for the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030].
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And one[H259] went out[H3318] into the field[H7704] to gather[H3950]herbs[H219], and found[H4672] a wild[H7704]vine[H1612], and gathered[H3950] thereof wild[H7704]gourds[H6498] his lap[H899]full[H4393], and came[H935] and shred[H6398] them into the pot[H5518] of pottage[H5138]: for they knew[H3045] them not.
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So they poured out[H3332] for the men[H582] to eat[H398]. And it came to pass, as they were eating[H398] of the pottage[H5138], that they cried out[H6817], and said[H559], O thou man[H376] of God[H430], there is death[H4194] in the pot[H5518]. And they could[H3201] not eat[H398] thereof.
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But he said[H559], Then bring[H3947]meal[H7058]. And he cast[H7993] it into the pot[H5518]; and he said[H559], Pour out[H3332] for the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398]. And there was no harm[H1697] in the pot[H5518].
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And there came[H935] a man[H376] from Baalshalisha[H1190], and brought[H935] the man[H376] of God[H430]bread[H3899] of the firstfruits[H1061], twenty[H6242]loaves[H3899] of barley[H8184], and full ears of corn[H3759] in the husk[H6861] thereof. And he said[H559], Give[H5414] unto the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398].
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And his servitor[H8334]said[H559], What, should I set[H5414] this before[H6440] an hundred[H3967]men?[H376] He said[H559]again[H559], Give[H5414] the people[H5971], that they may eat[H398]: for thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], They shall eat[H398], and shall leave[H3498] thereof.
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So he set[H5414] it before[H6440] them, and they did eat[H398], and left[H3498] thereof, according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068].