Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 004
04:001
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 HaShem; and the creditor is come to take unto
him my two children to be bondmen.
04:002
And Elisha said unto her: `What shall I do for thee? tell
me; what hast thou in the house?' And she said: 'Thy handmaid hath not any thing
in the house, save a pot of oil.
04:003
Then he said: 'Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy
neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few
04:004
And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon
thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that
which is full.
04:005
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon
her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out
04:006
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she
said unto her son: 'Bring me yet a vessel.' And he said unto her: 'There is not
a vessel more.' And the oil stayed
04:007
Then she came and told the man of G-d. And he said: 'Go,
sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
04:008
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to 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 turned in thither to eat bread
04:009
And she said unto her husband: 'Behold now, I perceive that
this is a holy man of G-d, that passeth by us continually
04:010
Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the roof;
and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick;
and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
04:011
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned
into the upper chamber and lay there
04:012
And he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Call this Shunammite.'
And when he had called her, she stood before him
04:013
And he said unto him: `Say now unto her: Behold, thou hast
been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest
thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host?' And she
answered: 'I dwell among mine own people.
04:014
And he said: 'What then is to be done for her?' And Gehazi
answered: 'Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.
04:015
And he said: 'Call her.' And when he had called her, she
stood in the door
04:016
And he said: 'At this season, when the time cometh round,
thou shalt embrace a son.' And she said: 'Nay, my lord, thou man of G-d, do not
lie unto thy handmaid.
04:017
And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season,
when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her
04:018
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he
went out to his father to the reapers
04:019
And he said unto his father: 'My head, my head.' And he
said to his servant: 'Carry him to his mother.
04:020
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother,
he sat on her knees till noon, and then died
04:021
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of
G-d, and shut the door upon him, and went out
04:022
And she called unto her husband, and said: 'Send me, I
pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man
of G-d, and come back.
04:023
And he said: Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? it is
neither new moon nor sabbath.' And she said: 'It shall be well.
04:024
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant: 'Drive,
and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.
04:025
So she went, and came unto the man of G-d to mount Carmel.
And it came to pass, when the man of G-d saw her afar off, that he said to
Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite
04:026
Run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her: Is it
well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child?' And she
answered: 'It is well.
04:027
And when she came to the man of G-d to the hill, she
caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of
G-d said: 'Let her alone; for her soul is bitter within her; and HaShem hath hid
it from me, and hath not told Me.
04:028
Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not
say: Do not deceive me?
04:029
Then he said to Gehazi: 'Gird up thy loins, and take my
staff in thy hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if
any salute thee, answer him not; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
04:030
And the mother of the child said: 'As HaShem liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' And he arose, and followed her
04:031
And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon
the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he
returned to meet him, and told him, saying: 'The child is not awaked.
04:032
And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child
was dead, and laid upon his bed
04:033
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain,
and prayed unto HaShem
04:034
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth
upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; and he
stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of the child waxed warm
04:035
Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro;
and went up, and stretched himself upon him; and the child sneezed seven times,
and the child opened his eyes
04:036
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.
04:037
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed down to
the ground; and she took up her son, and went out
04:038
And Elisha came again to Gilgal; and there was a dearth in
the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto
his servant: 'Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
04:039
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found
a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred
them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not
04:040
So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to
pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said: 'O man
of G-d, there is death in the pot.' And they could not eat thereof
04:041
But he said: 'Then bring meal.' And he cast it into the
pot; and he said: 'Pour out for the people, that they may eat.' And there was no
harm in the pot
04:042
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the
man of G-d bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of
corn in his sack. And he said: 'Give unto the people, that they may eat.
04:043
And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a
hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith
HaShem: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
04:044
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left
thereof, according to the word of HaShem
Book 11 : NEVIIM - II KINGS - Chapter 004
|