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Now ^(C1)Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go ^(F1)with your household, and live wherever you can live; for the ^(C2)LORD has called for a famine, and ^(C3)it will indeed come on the land for seven years."

So the woman arose and acted in accordance with the word of the man of God: she went with her household and resided in the land of the Philistines for seven years.

Then at the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went to ^(F1)appeal to the king for her house and for her field.

Now the king was speaking with ^(C1)Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please report to me all the great things that Elisha has done."

And as he was reporting to the king ^(C1)how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life ^(F1)appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, "My lord the king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life."

When the king asked the woman, she told everything to him. So the king appointed an officer for her, saying, "Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day that she left the land even until now."