They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite , and brought her to the king.
2 Kings 4:36 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Elisha called Gehazi and said, ‘Call the Shunammite woman.’ He called her and she came. Then Elisha said, ‘Pick up your son.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [Elisha] called Gehazi and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came, he said, Take up your son. American Standard Version (1901) And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. Common English Bible Elisha called for Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” Gehazi called her, and she came to Elisha. He told her, “Pick up your son.” Catholic Public Domain Version And he called Gehazi, and said to him, "Call this Shunammite woman." And having been called, she entered to him. And he said, "Take up your son." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he called Giezi, and said to him: Call this Sunamitess. And she being called went in to him. And he said: Take up thy son. |
They searched for a beautiful girl throughout the territory of Israel; they found Abishag the Shunammite , and brought her to the king.
Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, ‘Look, your son is alive.’
Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left.
Elisha said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, ‘Get ready, you and your household, and go and live as a resident foreigner wherever you can. For the Lord has announced a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.’
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.