The Shunammite's woman appears again. Elisha had warned her about the famine and told her to go away for a while. Now this would have involved the risk of losing her property, but God had this matter in hand. God cares for us more than we ever imagine, and has taken care of all sorts of details. He doesn't always tell us everything He is going to do, but we can always have complete confidence in Him. The woman returned after seven years and Gehazi happened to be speaking to the king at that time. The king seemed to have a more favourable attitude to Elisha at the time, and Gehazi was relating the tale of Elisha raising the Shunammite woman's son back to life. So the king restored everything to the woman.
One of the things Elijah had been told to do was to anoint Hazael king over Aram (1 Kings 19:15). Ben-Hadad was ill and sent Hazael to consult Elisha. The reputation of Elisha had spread far and wide and godless nations were aware of him and wanted to consult him.
Elisha said he would recover, but he also knew that Hazael would kill the king, so it was not the illness but Hazael who would kill the king. Elisha also knew what a violent man Hazael would be.
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