So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Yisra'el, and found Avishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
2 Kings 4:36 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He called Gechazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. When she was come in to him, he said, Take 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. |
So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Yisra'el, and found Avishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
Eliyahu took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, Behold, your son lives.
Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.
Now Elisha had spoken to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years.
He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.