13 He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been [a]careful for us with all this [b]care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?’” And she [c]answered, “I live among my own people.” 14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi [d]answered, “Truly she has no son and her husband is old.” 15 He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fearful
  2. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fear
  3. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit said
  4. 2 Kings 4:14 Lit said

13 Elisha said to him, “Tell her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’”

She replied, “I have a home among my own people.”

14 “What can be done for her?” Elisha asked.

Gehazi said, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”

15 Then Elisha said, “Call her.” So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.

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