The Shunammite Woman Shows Hospitality

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One day Elisha visited Shunem, and a well-to-do woman living there pressed him to stay and eat a meal. After this, whenever he came through, he stopped there for a meal.

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She said to her husband, "I can see that this is a holy man of God who keeps stopping at our place.

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Please, let's build him a little room on the roof. We'll put a bed and a table in it for him, and a stool and a candlestick. Then, whenever he comes to visit us, he can stay there."

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One day Elisha came to visit there, and he went into the upper room to lie down.

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He said to Geichazi his servant, "Call this Shunamit." He called her; and when she arrived,

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he said to him, "Tell her this: 'You have shown us so much hospitality! What can I do to show my appreciation? Do you want me to say anything to the king for you? or to the commander of the army?" She answered, "I'm happy living as I do, among my own people."

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He said, "What, then, is to be done for her?" Geichazi answered, "There's one thing - she doesn't have a son; and her husband is old.

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Elisha said, "Call her." After he called her, she stood in the doorway.

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He said, "Next year, when the season comes around, you will be holding a son." "No, my lord," she answered. "Man of God, don't lie to your servant!"

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But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son the following year when the season came around, just as Elisha had said to her.

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