he
went back to meet him and told him, "The child has not awakened."

When Elisha came into the house, there was the child lying dead on his
bed. So he went in and shut the door after them and prayed to Jehovah.
He also went up and lay upon the child and put his mouth upon his mouth,
his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands. As he lay upon
him, the flesh of the child became warm. Then he turned and walked
backward and forward in the house, and again went up and lay upon him,
and the child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes. Calling
Gehazi, he said, "Call this Shunamite woman." So he called her. And when
she came in to him, he said, "Take up your son." Then she went nearer,
fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; after that she took up her
son and went out.

A SLAVE GIRL WHO HELPED HER MASTER

Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a man who was
beloved by his master and was held in high honor, for through him
Jehovah had given victory to Aram. He was an able man, but he was a
leper.

Now the Arameans had gone out to rob and had brought away captive from
the land of Israel a little maid who became the servant of Naaman's
wife. She said to her mistress, "O that my master were with the prophet
who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy." So Naaman
went in and told the king what the maid from the land of Israel had
said. The king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the
ruler of Israel."

So Naaman set out and took with him a thousand pounds of silver and six
thousand gold pieces and ten suits of fine clothes. He also brought to
the ruler of Israel the letter, which read: "This letter is to tell you
that I have sent Naaman, my servant, to you, that you may cure him of
his leprosy." When the ruler of Israel read the letter, he tore his
clothes and said, "Am I a god, who can kill and make alive, that this
king sends a man to me to cure him of his leprosy? But you can clearly
see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!"

When Elisha the man of God heard that the ruler of Israel was tearing
his clothes, he sent this message to him: "Why are you tearing your
clothes? Let him come now to me and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel!" So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and
stood at the door of Elisha's house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him
to say, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan and your flesh will again
be well and cle