2 Kings 4:12
New International Version
He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.

New Living Translation
He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her.” When she appeared,

English Standard Version
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

Berean Standard Bible
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

King James Bible
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

New King James Version
Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

New American Standard Bible
Then he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.

NASB 1995
Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.

NASB 1977
Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then he said to Gehazi his young man, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.

Amplified Bible
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her and she stood before him.

Christian Standard Bible
He ordered his attendant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she stood before him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He ordered his attendant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she stood before him.

American Standard Version
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he said to Gekhazi his disciple: “Call this Shilumite woman.” And he called her, and she stood before him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he said to Giezi his servant, Call me this Somanite. and he called her, and she stood before him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to Giezi his servant Call this Sunamitess. And when he had called her, and she stood before him,

English Revised Version
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He told his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunem woman." Gehazi called her, and she stood in front of him.

Good News Translation
He told his servant Gehazi to go and call the woman. When she came,

International Standard Version
He told his attendant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite." So when he had summoned her, she stood in front of him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Call this Shunammite.' And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Literal Standard Version
and he says to his young man Gehazi, “Call for this Shunammite”; and he calls for her, and she stands before him.

Majority Standard Bible
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

New American Bible
Then he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” He did so, and when she stood before Elisha,

NET Bible
He told his servant Gehazi, "Ask the Shunammite woman to come here." So he did so and she came to him.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

New Heart English Bible
He said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunamite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

World English Bible
He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

Young's Literal Translation
and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, 'Call for this Shunammite;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Shunammite Woman
11One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down. 12And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him, 13and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’ ” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.…

Cross References
2 Kings 4:11
One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.

2 Kings 4:13
and Elisha said to Gehazi, "Now tell her, 'Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?'" "I have a home among my own people," she replied.

2 Kings 4:29
So Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy's face."

2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him."

2 Kings 8:4
Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done."

2 Kings 8:5
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, "My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life."


Treasury of Scripture

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Gehazi

2 Kings 4:29-31
Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child…

2 Kings 5:20-27
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him…

2 Kings 8:4,5
And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done…

servant

2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

1 Kings 18:43
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

1 Kings 19:3
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

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2 Kings 4
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8. He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
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(12) Gehazi his servant.--First mentioned here. His name means "valley of vision," and is perhaps derived from his native place, which may have got its name from being a haunt of prophets.

His servant.--His young man (Genesis 22:3).

She stood before him--i.e., before Gehazi. The sentence, "And when he had called her, she stood before him," is an anticipation of the result, and might be placed within a parenthesis.

Verse 12. - And he said to Gehazi his servant. Gehazi is here mentioned for the first time. He seems to have been Elisha's "servant" in a lower sense than Elisha had been Elijah's. Still, his position was such that on one occasion (2 Kings 8:4, 5) a king of Israel did not disdain to hold a conversation with him. Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him; i.e. before Gehazi. Elisha communicates with the woman through his servant, or at any rate in his presence, probably to prevent any suspicion of impropriety arising in the mind of any one. The prophet of the Lord must not be evil spoken of.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And he said
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Gehazi
גֵּחֲזִ֣י (gê·ḥă·zî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1522: Gehazi -- perhaps 'valley of vision', servant of Elisha

his servant,
נַעֲר֔וֹ (na·‘ă·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

“Call
קְרָ֖א (qə·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

the
הַזֹּ֑את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Shunammite woman.”
לַשּׁוּנַמִּ֣ית (laš·šū·nam·mîṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7767: Shunammite -- a Shunammitess

And when he had called
וַיִּקְרָא־ (way·yiq·rā-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

her,
לָ֔הּ (lāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

she stood
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד (wat·ta·‘ă·mōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before him,
לְפָנָֽיו׃ (lə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face


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