Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 4:9
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Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
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And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
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And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
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2 Kings 4
7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
9 Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10 Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
11 One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
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