Then he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up, looked, and said, “There’s nothing.” Then he said, “Go back”—seven times—
2 Kings 4:12 - Tree of Life Version Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him. American Standard Version (1901) And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. Common English Bible He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” Gehazi called her, and she stood before him. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." And when he had called her, and she stood before him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to Giezi his servant: Call this Sunamitess. And when he had called her, and she stood before him, |
Then he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up, looked, and said, “There’s nothing.” Then he said, “Go back”—seven times—
Frightened, he got up and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, he left his servant there.
But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of Adonai here, that we may inquire of Adonai by him?” One of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, “Elisha son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah, is here.”
One day he came there, and retired to the upper chamber and lay down there.
He said to him, “Tell her: Behold, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can be done for you? Can something be communicated to the king or to the commander of the army for you?” She answered, “I am living among my own people.”
When they arrived at Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They also had John as a helper.