When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. So he said, “I have a message for you, O officer.” Jehu asked, “For which one of us?” He replied, “For you, O officer.”

He then asked, “Which invasion route are we going to take?” Jehoram answered, “By the road through the Desert of Edom.”

So he asked Gehazi, “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

One of them said, “Please come along with your servants.” He replied, “All right, I’ll come.”

He said, “Lift it out.” So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.

Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it.

Elisha called to Gehazi and said, “Get the Shunammite woman.” So he did so and she came to him. He said to her, “Take your son.”

He said, “Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.” There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

But his attendant said, “How can I feed a hundred men with this?” He replied, “Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”

When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”

He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, “What did Elisha tell you?” Hazael replied, “He told me you would surely recover.”

When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”

Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows,” and he did so. He told the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” He struck the ground three times and stopped.

Isaiah asked, “What have they seen in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries.”

Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord’s word which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he added, “At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.”

When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you returned?”

Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.” So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.

Elisha said to him, “Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord,