A generous, childless Shunammite woman and her husband build a private room in their home for the prophet Elisha, prompting him out of gratitude to prophesy that she will bear a son the following year, and she does. We go on to learn in this episode that years later the boy suddenly dies while working in the fields and his mother secretly lays his body on the bed of Elisha, races to Mount Carmel, seizes the prophet in faith, and brings him home—where Elisha prays and stretches himself upon the dead child twice, after which the boy is fully revived. The account foreshadows how spiritual life comes to us today “in Christ” when we believe the gospel of grace that He died for our sins and rose again.