She went up to the room on the roof. There she laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms. He carried him to the upstairs room where he was staying. He put him down on his bed.
Let’s make a small room for him on the roof. We’ll put a bed and a table in it. We’ll also put a chair and a lamp in it. Then he can stay there when he comes to visit us.”
The servant lifted up the boy. He carried him to his mother. The boy sat on her lap until noon. Then he died.
She sent for her husband. She said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey. Then I can go quickly to the man of God and return.”
Elisha arrived at the house. The boy was dead. He was lying on Elisha’s bed.
She went and told the man of God about it. He said, “Go and sell the oil. Pay what you owe. You and your sons can live on what is left.”