25. So she set out, and went to Mount Carmel, where Elisha was.Elisha saw her coming while she was still some distance away, and said to his servant Gehazi, “Look — there comes the woman from Shunem!
26. Hurry to her and find out if everything is all right with her, her husband, and her son.”She told Gehazi that everything was all right,
27. but when she came to Elisha she bowed down before him and took hold of his feet. Gehazi was about to push her away, but Elisha said, “Leave her alone. Can't you see she's deeply distressed? And the Lord has not told me a thing about it.”
28. The woman said to him, “Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to raise my hopes?”
29. Elisha turned to Gehazi and said, “Hurry! Take my stick and go. Don't stop to greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, don't take time to answer. Go straight to the house and hold my stick over the boy.”
30. The woman said to Elisha, “I swear by my loyalty to the living Lord and to you that I will not leave you!” So the two of them started back together.
31. Gehazi went on ahead and held Elisha's stick over the child, but there was no sound or any other sign of life. So he went back to meet Elisha and said, “The boy didn't wake up.”
32. When Elisha arrived, he went alone into the room and saw the boy lying dead on the bed.
33. He closed the door and prayed to the Lord.
34. Then he lay down on the boy, placing his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy's mouth, eyes, and hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy's body started to get warm.