Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 King 5:20 - 5:20

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 2 King 5:20 - 5:20


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Punishment of Gehazi. - 2Ki 5:20-22. When Naaman had gone a stretch of the way (אֶרֶץ כִּבְרַת, 2Ki 5:19; see at Gen 35:16), there arose in Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the desire for a portion of the presents of the Syrian which his master had refused (אִם כִּי יי חַי, as truly as Jehovah liveth, assuredly I run after him; אִם כִּי as in 1Sa 25:34). He therefore hastened after him; and as Naaman no sooner saw Gehazi running after him than he sprang quickly down from his chariot in reverential gratitude to the prophet (יִפֹּל as in Gen 24:64), he asked in the name of Elisha for a talent of silver and two changes of raiment, professedly for two poor pupils of the prophets, who had come to the prophet from Mount Ephraim.