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2 Kings 4:12

Gehazi

10 Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”

11 One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

13 and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.

14 So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
KJV
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
WEB
He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
ASV
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
DARBY
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.
BLB
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammitess.” And he called her, and she stood before his face.
ÅB
Og han sa til sin dreng Gehasi: Kall på den sunamittiske kone som bor her! Så kalte han på henne, og hun trådte fram for ham.
OTB
Og han sa til Gehasi, sin tjener, "Kall denne kvinnen fra Sjunem." Så han kalte henne, og hun sto foran ham.
B1930
Og han sa til sin dreng Gehasi: Kall på den sunamittiske kone som bor her! Så kalte han på henne, og hun trådte frem for ham.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 8:4–5

    Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

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  • 1 Kings 19:3

    And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

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  • 2 Kings 4:29–31

    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

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  • 2 Kings 5:20–27

    Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

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  • 2 Kings 3:11

    But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”

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  • 1 Kings 18:43

    “Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

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  • Acts 13:5

    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

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