12. He said to GEHAZI his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

13. He said to him, "Say now to her, 'Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?'"She answered, "I dwell among my own people."

14. He said, "What then is to be done for her?"GEHAZI answered, "Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old."

15. He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the door.

16. He said, "At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son."She said, "No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant."

17. The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.

18. When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.

19. He said to his father, "My head! My head!"He said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother."

20. When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.

21. She went up and laid him on the man of God's bed, and shut the door on him, and went out.

22. She called to her husband, and said, "Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again."

23. He said, "Why would you want go to him today? It is not a new moon or a Sabbath."She said, "It's alright."

24. Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, "Drive, and go forward! Don't slow down for me, unless I ask you to."

25. So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to GEHAZI his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite.

26. Please run now to meet her, and ask her, 'Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?'"She answered, "It is well."

27. When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. GEHAZI came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, "Leave her alone; for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me."

28. Then she said, "Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn't I say, 'Do not deceive me'?"

29. Then he said to GEHAZI, "Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don't greet him; and if anyone greets you, don't answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child's face."

30. The child's mother said, "As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you."So he arose, and followed her.

31. GEHAZI went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child's face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, "The child has not awakened."