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15 Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.”[a] So he did so[b] and she came and stood in the doorway.[c] 16 He said, “About this time next year[d] you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” 17 The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “Call for her.”
  2. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “and he called her.”
  3. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood in the door.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:16 tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.