8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. An important woman lived there. She begged Elisha to stay and eat. So every time Elisha passed by, he stopped there to eat.
9 The woman said to her husband, “I know that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time.
10 Let’s make a small room on the roof. Let’s put a bed in the room for Elisha. And we can put a table, a chair and a lampstand there. Then when he comes by, he can stay there.”
11 One day Elisha came to the woman’s house. He went to his room and rested.
12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.”When the servant called her, she stood in front of him.
13 Elisha told his servant, “Now say to her, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak to the king or the commander of the army for you?’ ”The woman answered, “I live among my own people.”
14 Elisha said, “But what can we do for her?”Gehazi answered, “She has no son, and her husband is old.”