<p class="bodytext">So the young prophet<n id="1" /> went to Ramoth Gilead.

He told his servant Gehazi, &#8220;Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So he did so and she came to him.<n id="2" />

He said to his father, &#8220;My head! My head!&#8221; His father<n id="1" /> told a servant, &#8220;Carry him to his mother.&#8221;

The mother of the child said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives and as you live, I will not leave you.&#8221; So Elisha<n id="1" /> got up and followed her back.p>

When Elisha arrived at the house, there was<n id="1" /> the child lying dead on his bed.

<p class="bodytext">Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child&#8217;s face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha<n id="1" /> he told him, &#8220;The child did not wake up.&#8221;

Elisha<n id="1" /> went back and walked around in the house.<n id="2" /> Then he got up on the bed again<n id="3" /> and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

She called to her husband, &#8220;Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return.&#8221;

She saddled the donkey and told her servant, &#8220;Lead on.<n id="1" /> Do not stop unless I say so.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him<n id="1" /> and he told his servant, &#8220;Put the big pot on the fire<n id="2" /> and boil some stew for the prophets.&#8221;<n id="3" />

So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed.<n id="1" /> His skin became as smooth as a young child&#8217;s<n id="2" /> and he was healed.p>

Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet&#8217;s<n id="1" /> servant, and said, &#8220;Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">He went up from there to Bethel.<n id="1" /> As he was traveling up the road, some young boys<n id="2" /> came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, &#8220;Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">So she went to visit<n id="1" /> the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he<n id="2" /> saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, &#8220;Look, it&#8217;s the Shunammite woman.

Elisha<n id="1" /> told Gehazi, &#8220;Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff,<n id="2" /> and go! Don&#8217;t stop to exchange greetings with anyone!<n id="3" /> Place my staff on the child&#8217;s face.&#8221;

Gehazi, the prophet Elisha&#8217;s servant, thought,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him.<n id="2" /> As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.&#8221;

He answered, &#8220;Everything is fine.<n id="1" /> My master sent me with this message, &#8216;Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country.<n id="2" /> Please give them a talent<n id="3" /> of silver and two suits of clothes.&#8217;&#8221;

Naaman said, &#8220;Please accept two talents of silver.<n id="1" /> He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The prophet&#8217;s<n id="1" /> attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Oh no, my master! What will we do?&#8221;

Then Elisha prayed, &#8220;O <sc>Lordsc>, open his eyes so he can see.&#8221; The <sc>Lordsc> opened the servant&#8217;s eyes and he saw that<n id="1" /> the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.