And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake matzah, and they did eat.
Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.
And when she was immersed, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to YY , come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
For he shall be great in the sight of YY , and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with Ruach HaKodesh, even from his mother's womb.