³ When seven years had passed, the woman returned from Philistia. She went to appeal to the king for her house and her farmland. ⁴ The king was speaking to Gehazi, the man of God’s servant, asking him, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.” ⁵ So Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead to life. At that very moment, the woman whose son he had brought back to life began to appeal to the king for her house and her farmland.

Gehazi said, “Your Majesty, this is the woman herself! And this is her son, the one Elisha brought to life!”