Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 4:17
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But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
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And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
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The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
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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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2 Kings 4
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.”
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