e 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."

And the mother of the child said, "As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul
liveth, I will not leave thee."

And he arose, and followed her. And Gehazi passed on before them, and
laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither
voice, nor hearing.

Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, "The child is
not awaked."

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid upon his bed. He went in therefore, and shut the door, and
prayed to the Lord. And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put
his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands
upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the flesh of
the child became warm. Then he returned, and walked in the house once
to and fro; and went up and {143} stretched himself upon him: and the
child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

And he called Gehazi, and said, "Call this Shunammite."

So he called her. And when she was come to him, he said, "Take up thy
son."

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the
ground; and she took up her son, and went out.

_How a Great Soldier Was Healed of Leprosy_.

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man
with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given
victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a
leper. And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on
Naaman's wife.

And she said to her mistress, "Would God my lord were with the prophet
that is in Samaria! then would he heal him of his leprosy."

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, "Thus and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel."

And the king of Syria said, "Go now, go, and I will send a letter to
the king of Israel."

And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six
thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. And he brought
the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "And now when this letter is
come to thee, behold, {144} I have sent Naaman my servant to thee,
that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy."

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had