And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
The giving of a son to such as were old, and had been long childless, was an ancient instance of the divine power and favour, in the case of Abraham, and Isaac, and Manoah, and Elkanah; we find it here among the wonders wrought by Elisha.
Commenting on 2 Kings 4:8-17
And he said to Gehazi his servant,.... Who attended him wherever he went, and ministered to him, and lay very probably in the same chamber with him; he might be one of the sons of the prophets: call this Shunammite; tell her I desire to speak with her: and when he had called her, she stood before him; at the door of the chamber, in...
Gehazi his servant - This is the first time we hear of this very indifferent character.