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She went and recounted it to the man of God, and he said, “Go and sell the oil and pay your debt. You and your children can live on what is left over.”

Elisha and the Shunammite.[a] One day Elisha traveled to Shunem.[b] There was an important woman there, and she insisted that he stop to eat. Whenever he passed by there, he would stop to eat.

She said to her husband, “Behold, this man who often visits us is a holy man of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:8 The story is very like the one told of Elijah (1 Ki 17:17-24).
  2. 2 Kings 4:8 Shunem: at the foot of Little Hermon in northern Israel.

She went and told the man of God,(A) and he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.”

The Shunammite’s Son Restored to Life

One day Elisha went to Shunem.(B) And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. She said to her husband, “I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

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