Bible verse
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
2 Kings 4:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from 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.
14 So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
15 “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
17 But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
18 And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
19 “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21 And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
KJV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
ASV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
ERV
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.
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