So she came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his attendant Gehazi, ‘Look, there’s the Shunammite woman.
It will blossom abundantly and will also rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendour of our God.
When she came up to the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, ‘Leave her alone #– #she is in severe anguish, and the Lord has hidden it from me. He hasn’t told me.’
So King Ahaziah sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. When the captain went up to him, he was sitting on top of the hill. He announced, ‘Man of God, the king declares, “Come down! ” ’
Gehazi, the attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought, ‘My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him.’