1 Then Elisha spoke to the woman ^awhose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the Lord ^bhas called for a ^cfamine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.”  ‡

3 It came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to make an appeal to the king for her house and for her land.

4 Then the king talked with ^aGehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me, please, all the great things Elisha has done.”  ‡