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2 Kings 4:82Kgs.4.8

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

KJV

Hebrew original

וַ/יְהִ֨י הַ/יּ֜וֹם וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְ/שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַ/תַּחֲזֶק בּ֖/וֹ לֶ/אֱכָל לָ֑חֶם וַֽ/יְהִי֙ מִ/דֵּ֣י עָבְר֔/וֹ יָסֻ֥ר שָׁ֖מָּ/ה לֶ/אֱכָל לָֽחֶם

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Un jour Elisée passait par Sunem. Il y avait là une femme de distinction, qui le pressa d'accepter à manger. Et toutes les fois qu'il passait, il se rendait chez elle pour manger.

KJV

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

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