II. Krnas IV. 1.

nation against Israél: and they de- parted from him, and returned to their own xland.
NOW there cried a certain woman of the_wives_of the_sons_of the prophets unto «Elisha, saying, “Thy servant my husband -is_dead; and thou -knowest that thy servant did fear J-the Lorp: and the creditor sis_come to take unto him my ~-two sons to be_ bondmen.”
2 And Elisha said unto her, “What shall_I_do for thee? «tell me, what hast And she said, “Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a « pot-_of oil.”
8 Then he said, “-Go, -borrow thee vessels abroad of -all thy neighbours, even empty vessels ; s borrow not a few.
4 And -when_thou_art_come_in, thou
¢,|*shalt_shut the door upon thee and
upon thy sons, and sshalt_pour_out in- to all xthose xvessels, and thou shalt_ set_aside that_which is_full.”
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, ttwho +brought the vessels to her; and she +poured_out.
6 And it came_to_pass, when the ves- Sels were_full, that she said unto her son, “Bring me yet a vessel.” And he said unto her, “7'herve is not a vessel more.” And the oil stayed.
7 Then she came and told the_i man_ of x=God. And he said, “*Go, -sell -the oil, and -pay thy ~debt, and +live thou and thy «children of the rest.”
8 And it fell on a@ day, that Elisha passed to sh Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed_by, he tturned_in thither to eat bread.
8 And she said unto her husband, “Behold now, I perceive that this isa holy *¢man_of =God, +which_passeth_by us continually.
10 FLet_us_make a little «chamber, I_pray-_thee, on the wall; and let_us_ set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a/ candlestick : and it sshall_be, when he cometh to us, that he shall_turn_in thither.”
11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the «cham- ber, and lay there.
72 And he said to 7 Gehazi his yser- vant, “*Call xthis xShunammite.” And when he had_called her, she stood be- fore him,
13 And he said unto him, “-Say now unto her, Behold, thou -hast_been_care- ful for us with all xthis xcare; what is to be_done for thee? wouldest thou be_ spoken_for to the king, or to the_cap- tain_of the host?” And she answered, “
14 And he said, “ What then zs to be_ done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “Verily she hath no schild, and her hus- band is_old.”
45 And he said, “Call her.” And when he had_called her, she. stood in the e door.
16 And he said, “ About xthis se xsea- son, according_to the_time_of life, thou