8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She asked Elisha to stop and eat at her house. So every time Elisha went through that place, he stopped there to eat.
9 The woman said to her husband, “Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.
10 Please, let’s make a little room on the roof for him. Let’s put a bed in this room and a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then when he comes to our house, he can have this room for himself.”
11 One day Elisha came to the woman’s house. He went to this room and rested there.
12 Elisha said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” The servant called the Shunammite woman, and she stood in front of Elisha.
13 Elisha told his servant, “Now say to her, ‘Look, you have done your best to take care of us. What can we do for you? Do you want us to speak to the king for you, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I am fine living here among my own people.”
14 Elisha said to Gehazi, “What can we do for her?” He answered, “I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old.”