4:16 He said, “About this time next year 1 you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!”
4:17 The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
1 tnHeb “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.