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Unlike Elisha who was the faithful follower and successor to his master, Elijah, Gehazi becomes a less faithful and trustworthy servant of Elisha (see e.g., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.929.org.il\/lang\/en\/page\/314\">the end of chapter 5<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We first encounter Gehazi when Elisha tells him to \u201ccall that Shunamite woman\u201d. Elisha wishes to requite her providing a simply furnished upper chamber in her home on his regular visits to Shunem, north of Mount Gilboa. When she declines to ask for any reward, Gehazi informs Elisha: \u201cBut, she has no son, and her husband is old\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/II_Kings.4.14?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">II Kings 4:14<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Elisha promises her a son, and though she has her doubts, within the year, she conceives and gives birth to a son. The child grows up, but while working with his father in the field, he cries out \u201cmy head, my head\u201d and eventually dies in his mother\u2019s lap. When the Shunamite woman comes to Elisha at Mount Carmel, clasping his feet: \u201cGehazi stepped forward to push her away. But the man of God said, \u2018Let her alone, for she is in bitter distress; and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me\u2019\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/II_Kings.4.27?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">II Kings 4:27<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Gehazi\u2019s apparent act to protect the honor of his master marks the beginning of his downfall. Elisha sends Gehazi, with the prophet\u2019s staff to place it on the boy\u2019s face to revive him. But when there was no response, Gehazi turns back to meet Elisha, telling him \u201cThe boy has not awakened\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/II_Kings.4.31?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">II Kings 4:31<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). In a dramatic sequence of events (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/II_Kings.4.32-35?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">II Kings 4:32-35<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), Elisha succeeds in resurrecting the dead child. The prophet tells his servant Gehazi: \u201c\u2019Call the Shunamite woman\u2019. When she came to him, he said, \u2018Pick up your son\u2019.\u00a0 She came and fell at his feet and bowed low to the ground. Then she picked up her son and left\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/II_Kings.4.36-37?lang=bi&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">II Kings 4:36-37<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gehazi is the subject of much<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/Legends_of_the_Jews.4.8.11-17?lang=en&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jewish legend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and elaboration of the Biblical text.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/Pirkei_DeRabbi_Eliezer.33.7?lang=en&amp;with=all&amp;lang2=en\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when Gehazi pushed away the Shunamite woman, he lasciviously put his hands on her breasts. For that reason, Elisha commanded him: \u201cLet her alone!\u201d When Elisha sent Gehazi with the prophet\u2019s staff to revive the Shunamite\u2019s dead son, despite Elisha\u2019s explicit orders not to speak with anyone on the way, the matter was laughable in his eyes, and to every man whom he met, he said: \u201cDo you believe that this staff will bring the dead back to life?!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also according to<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/Sanhedrin.107b.5-7?lang=bi\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talmud Bavli<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, because Gehazi denied the Resurrection of the Dead, and because he led others to sin, he has no place in the World to Come. To cause the people to sin by worshiping false gods, Gehazi used a magnet to cause Jeroboam\u2019s<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sefaria.org.il\/I_Kings.12.28-30?lang=bi\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two golden calves<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be suspended between heaven and earth, causing people to believe they were divine. 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God answers Elisha by splitting the Jordan just as Elijah had done. This minor miracle is the first sign for Elisha that Elijah\u2019s mantle has passed to him. One of the greatest feats of Elijah was when he revived the dead son of the widow in I Kings 17. In chapter 4 of II Kings, Elisha is given the opportunity to repeat this miracle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are both similarities and differences between the two stories:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God sent Elijah to the widow for sustenance. The Shunamite woman offered Elisha sustenance and a place to stay on his travels.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widow was poor and had no food, so Elijah created miraculous food. The Shunamite woman is wealthy and has no need for a food miracle. Instead, Elisha blesses the woman, who was elderly, with a child. Invoking the promise made by the angels to Sarah in Genesis 18:10, he promises that at this very time next year she will be pregnant.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The son of the widow falls ill without any apparent reason. The son of the Shunamite falls ill because he was working out in the fields on a hot day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widow accuses Elijah of bringing death into her house. The Shunamite does not directly attack Elisha, but she does lament the fact that he gave her a son only for that son to now die.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elijah brings the son up to the son\u2019s room and stretches himself over the child. The Shunamite had already placed her dead son in Elisha\u2019s room. Elisha lies directly on top of the child after first attempting to revive him through his servant Gehazi.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Elisha and Elijah pray to God to help, but the text only records Elijah\u2019s prayer. \u201cOh God, I pray, let this child\u2019s soul come back to him\u201d (I Kings 17:20).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After her son is revived, the widow proclaims that she believes that Elijah is a man of God, but the Shunamite woman simply picks up her son and leaves.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The near-identical stories are a way of showing how Elisha was Elijah\u2019s true heir beyond a simple miracle of splitting a river and bringing food again. The varying details though show that the two prophets were still different. Elisha\u2019s story shows that he was not a loner. 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Her deceased husband has left behind huge debts, and his creditors are threatening to enslave the widow\u2019s children to pay off the debt. We\u2019ve already seen Elisha\u2019s disposition to facilitate God\u2019s miracles, most recently at the Jordan River and the spring of Jericho. Those were large-scale miracles witnessed by entire communities seemingly to engender unity and faith-building. But now we are seeing a very different miracle-maker, working on a personal level and imparting some valuable lessons about helping ourselves and seeking God\u2019s help.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step one: identify what you have to work with and see what you can do for yourself to pave the way for God\u2019s help.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elisha could have delivered a flashy public miracle to save this widow, but instead he asks her \u201cWhat do you have in your house (4:2)?\u201d He lays out an important part of solution- finding:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step two: seek help from your community and know that you don\u2019t have to do this all on your own.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widow responds that she has a small container of oil, so Elisha instructs her to go to all her neighbors and ask to borrow all the vessels they have.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, Elisha tells the woman, go into your house with the borrowed vessels, close the door behind you and pour from your small pot of oil into your borrowed vessels until there are no vessels left. 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