2 Kings 4:14-16

4:14 So he asked Gehazi, ¹  “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.” 4:15 Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.” ²  So he did so ³  and she came and stood in the doorway. ⁴  4:16 He said, “About this time next year ⁵  you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”

¹ tn Heb “and he said.”

² tn Heb “Call for her.”

³ tn Heb “and he called her.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood in the door.”

³ tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.