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Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves? <a href="/nlt/2_kings/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> But Elisha asked him, “Don’t you realize that I was there in spirit when Naaman stepped down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to receive money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, and male and female servants? <a href="/esv/2_kings/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants? <a href="/bsb/2_kings/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants? <a href="/kjv/2_kings/5.htm">King James Bible</a> And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/5.htm">New King James Version</a> Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it time to receive money and to receive clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male and female servants? <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then he said to him, “Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, and male and female slaves? <a href="/nasb/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then he said to him, &#8220Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? <a href="/lsb/2_kings/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves? <a href="/amp/2_kings/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Elisha said to him, “Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a [proper] time to accept money and clothing and olive orchards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? <a href="/csb/2_kings/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “And my heart didn’t go when the man got down from his chariot to meet you,” Elisha said. “Is this a time to accept silver and clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, flocks and herds, and male and female slaves? <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But Elisha questioned him, &#8220Wasn&#8217t my spirit there when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves? <a href="/asv/2_kings/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> And he said unto him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants? <a href="/cev/2_kings/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Elisha asked, "Don't you know that my spirit was there when Naaman got out of his chariot to talk with you? Gehazi, you have no right to accept money or clothes, olive orchards or vineyards, sheep or cattle, or servants. <a href="/erv/2_kings/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and menservants and maidservants? <a href="/gwt/2_kings/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then Elisha said to him, "I went with you in spirit when the man turned around in his chariot to speak to you. How could you accept silver, clothes, olive orchards, vineyards, sheep, cattle, or slaves? <a href="/gnt/2_kings/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> But Elisha said, "Wasn't I there in spirit when the man got out of his chariot to meet you? This is no time to accept money and clothes, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, or servants! <a href="/isv/2_kings/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> But Elisha responded, "Didn't my heart break as the man was turning from his chariot to greet you? Is now the time to receive money? To receive clothes? And olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, servants, or female attendants? <a href="/msb/2_kings/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> But Elisha questioned him, ?Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants? <a href="/net/2_kings/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Elisha replied, "I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> He said to him, "Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? <a href="/wbt/2_kings/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? <a href="/web/2_kings/5.htm">World English Bible</a> He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And he says to him, “My heart did not go when the man turned from off his chariot to meet you; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and menservants, and maidservants? <a href="/ylt/2_kings/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And he saith unto him, 'My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants? <a href="/slt/2_kings/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will say to him, Went not my heart when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olive trees, and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and servants and maids?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But he said: Was not my heart present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? So now thou hast received money, and received garments, to buy oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/5.htm">New American Bible</a> But Elisha said to him: “Was I not present in spirit when someone got down from his chariot to wait for you? Is this a time to take money or to take garments, olive orchards or vineyards, sheep or cattle, male or female servants? <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> But he said to him, “Did I not go with you in spirit when someone left his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to accept money and to accept clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he said to him, My heart told me when the man alighted from his chariot to meet you. Is it a time to gain money and to gain garments and oliveyards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menservants and maidservants? <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And Elisha said to him: “My heart showed me when the man came down from his chariot to meet you. Is this time that you may gain for yourself money, and you would gain clothing and olive trees and vineyards and sheep and bulls and Servants and Maids?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he said unto him: 'Went not my heart [with thee], when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants? <a href="/sep/2_kings/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Whence comest thou, Giezi? and Giezi said, Thy servant has not been hither or thither. And Elisaie said to him, Went not my heart with thee, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee? and now thou hast received silver, and now thou hast received raiment, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/5-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1778" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/5.htm">Gehazi's Greed and Leprosy</a> …25When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied. 26<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">But Elisha questioned him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">“Did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">my spirit</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·laḵ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">go with you</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">when</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the man</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: hā·p̄aḵ- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">got down</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/4818.htm" title="4818: mer·kaḇ·tōw (N-fsc:: 3ms) -- A chariot. Feminine of merkab; a chariot.">his chariot</a> <a href="/hebrew/7122.htm" title="7122: liq·rā·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To encounter, befall. A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner.">to meet you?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ha·‘êṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">Is this the time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qa·ḥaṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to accept</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: hak·ke·sep̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">money</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qa·ḥaṯ (Conj-w, Prep:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take."></a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: bə·ḡā·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">and clothing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2132.htm" title="2132: wə·zê·ṯîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Olive tree, olive. Probably from an unused root; an olive, the tree, the branch or the berry.">olive groves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3754.htm" title="3754: ū·ḵə·rā·mîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- A vineyard. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; a garden or vineyard.">and vineyards,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6629.htm" title="6629: wə·ṣōn (Conj-w:: N-cs) -- Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock. Or tsaown; from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock; also figuratively.">sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: ū·ḇā·qār (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd.">and oxen,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">menservants</a> <a href="/hebrew/8198.htm" title="8198: ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Maid, maidservant. Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out; a female slave.">and maidservants?</a> 27Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/5-3.htm">Acts 5:3-4</a> Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land? / Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!” <a href="/1_timothy/6-10.htm">1 Timothy 6:10</a> For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. <a href="/matthew/6-24.htm">Matthew 6:24</a> No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. <a href="/luke/16-13.htm">Luke 16:13</a> No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” <a href="/1_john/2-15.htm">1 John 2:15-16</a> Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Proverbs 15:27</a> He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live. <a href="/joshua/7-20.htm">Joshua 7:20-21</a> “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did: / When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.” <a href="/1_samuel/15-19.htm">1 Samuel 15:19</a> So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” <a href="/1_kings/21-20.htm">1 Kings 21:20</a> When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/17-11.htm">Jeremiah 17:11</a> Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.” <a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31</a> So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Micah 2:1-2</a> Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. / They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance. <a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a> And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures. <a href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">1 Corinthians 6:9-10</a> Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?he said<a href="/psalms/63-11.htm">Psalm 63:11</a> But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.<a href="/proverbs/12-19.htm">Proverbs 12:19,22</a> The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment… <a href="/acts/5-9.htm">Acts 5:9</a> Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.Went<a href="/2_kings/6-12.htm">2 Kings 6:12</a> And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.<a href="/1_corinthians/5-3.htm">1 Corinthians 5:3</a> For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed,<a href="/colossians/2-5.htm">Colossians 2:5</a> For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.Is it a time<a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm">2 Kings 5:15</a> And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.<a href="/genesis/14-23.htm">Genesis 14:23</a> That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:<a href="/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:1-8</a> To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a 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name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>But Elisha questioned him Elisha, the prophet and successor of Elijah, often served as God's mouthpiece to the people of Israel. His questioning of Gehazi, his servant, indicates a moment of divine insight and authority. Prophets in the Old Testament were known for their ability to discern truth and expose wrongdoing, as seen in other instances like Nathan confronting David (<a href="/2_samuel/12.htm">2 Samuel 12:1-7</a>).“Did not my spirit go with you This phrase suggests a supernatural awareness or discernment granted to Elisha by God. It reflects the close relationship between the prophet and God, where Elisha is able to perceive events beyond his physical presence. This mirrors the New Testament gift of discernment (<a href="/1_corinthians/12-10.htm">1 Corinthians 12:10</a>) and foreshadows the omniscience of Christ (<a href="/john/1-48.htm">John 1:48</a>).when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? The man referred to is Naaman, a Syrian commander who was healed of leprosy by Elisha. The act of getting down from a chariot signifies respect and urgency. In ancient Near Eastern culture, chariots were symbols of power and status, and dismounting from one was a gesture of humility or deference.Is this the time to accept money and clothing, Elisha's rhetorical question highlights the inappropriateness of Gehazi's actions. Prophets were expected to serve without seeking personal gain, emphasizing reliance on God rather than material wealth. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus instructs His disciples to freely give as they have received (<a href="/matthew/10-8.htm">Matthew 10:8</a>).olive groves and vineyards, These items represent wealth and prosperity in ancient Israelite society. Olive oil and wine were staples of the economy and daily life, often used in trade and religious rituals. The mention of these goods underscores the gravity of Gehazi's greed and the temptation to prioritize earthly riches over spiritual integrity.sheep and oxen, Livestock were valuable assets in agrarian societies, symbolizing wealth and sustenance. The inclusion of sheep and oxen in Elisha's rebuke points to the comprehensive nature of Gehazi's covetousness, as he sought to amass a wide range of possessions.menservants and maidservants? Servants were considered part of one's household wealth and status. The desire for servants indicates a longing for power and control, contrasting with the servant leadership exemplified by Jesus Christ (<a href="/mark/10-45.htm">Mark 10:45</a>). Elisha's question serves as a reminder of the prophet's role to serve God and others selflessly, without succumbing to the allure of power and materialism.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a> A prophet in Israel, successor to Elijah, known for his miracles and strong stance on faithfulness to God. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gehazi.htm">Gehazi</a> Elisha's servant who succumbed to greed and deceit, leading to his downfall. 3. <a href="/topical/n/naaman.htm">Naaman</a> A Syrian commander healed of leprosy by Elisha, who initially offered gifts in gratitude. 4. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom where Elisha ministered, often struggling with idolatry and unfaithfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/c/chariot.htm">Chariot</a> Represents Naaman's status and wealth, highlighting the temptation Gehazi faced.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_greed.htm">The Danger of Greed</a> Gehazi's account warns against the destructive power of greed, which can lead to spiritual and physical consequences. <a href="/topical/i/integrity_in_service.htm">Integrity in Service</a> As servants of God, maintaining integrity is crucial. Gehazi's deceit contrasts with Elisha's faithfulness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_omniscience.htm">God's Omniscience</a> Elisha's awareness of Gehazi's actions reminds us that nothing is hidden from God, who sees and knows all. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Gehazi's punishment illustrates that sin has real and lasting consequences, affecting not just the individual but also their community. <a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a> Elisha's refusal of Naaman's gifts teaches the importance of being content with God's provision and not seeking material gain.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 5</a> <a href="/q/why_is_gehazi's_curse_so_harsh.htm">Why does Gehazi’s curse (2 Kings 5:26–27) seem disproportionately harsh compared to other sins in the Old Testament?</a> <a href="/q/how_many_baths_did_solomon_build.htm">Solomon built a facility containing how many baths? Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5)</a> <a href="/q/why_does_the_bronze_sea's_capacity_differ.htm">How do we reconcile the apparent capacity discrepancy of the bronze sea between 1 Kings 7:26 (2,000 baths) and 2 Chronicles 4:5 (3,000 baths)?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_elisha's_divine_power_validated.htm">What protects Elisha's claim to divine power in this chapter (2 Kings 5:8-9) from being just legend or folklore?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) Went not mine heart . . . meet thee?--Rather, Nor did my heart (i.e., consciousness) go away, when a man turned (and alighted) from his chariot to meet thee. The prophet, in severe irony, adopts Gehazi's own phrase: Maurer, "Non abierat animus meus;" "I was there in spirit, and witnessed everything." The sentence has given the commentators much trouble. (See the elaborate Note in Thenius. We might have expected w?lo, and w may have been omitted, owing to the preceding w; but it is not absolutely necessary.) The Authorised Version follows the LXX. (Vat.), which supplies the expression "with thee" (???? ????), wanting in the Hebrew text. The Targum paraphrases: "By the spirit of prophecy I was informed when the man turned," &c. The Syriac follows with, "My heart informed me when the man turned," &c.Is it a time to receive.--Comp. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-2.htm" title="A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;">Ecclesiastes 3:2</a>, seq. The LXX., pointing the Hebrew differently, reads: ??? ??? ?????? ?? ???????? ??? ??? ?????? ?? ?????? ???. ("And now thou receivedst the money," &c.). So also the Vulg. and Arabic, but not the Targum and Syriac. B?ttcher, retaining the interrogative particle of the Hebrew, adopts this: "Didst thou then take the money?" &c. But the Masoretic pointing appears to be much more suitable. The prophet's question comes to this: "Was that above all others a proper occasion for yielding to your desire of gain, when you were dealing with a heathen? Ought you not to have been studiously disinterested in your behaviour to such an one, that he might learn not to confound the prophets of Jehovah with the mercenary diviners and soothsayers of the false gods?" The prophet's disciple is bound, like his master, to seek, not worldly power, but spiritual; for the time is one of ardent struggle against the encroachments of paganism.And oliveyards . . . maidservants?--The prophet develops Gehazi's object in asking for the money: he wished to purchase lands, and live stock, and slaves--whatever constituted the material wealth of the time. The Targum inserts the explanatory: "And thou thoughtest in thy heart to purchase oliveyards," &c. So Vulg.: "ut emas oliveta."<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 26. - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee? There is no "with thee" in the original; and the words have been taken in quite a different sense. Ewald regards לבִּי, "my heart," as designating Gehazi, and meaning "my loved one, my favorite disciple." "Thou hast denied that thou wentest any whither; but did not my favorite disciple in truth go forth, when the man turned again from his chariot, as Naaman did?" (ver. 21). But no parallel instance can be adduced of any such use of לִבִּי, which is altogether too strong a term to be applied to a mere favorite servant. The irony, moreover, of the term under the circumstances would be too great. Maurer's interpretation of לִבִּי by "my prophetic power" (my prophetic power had not departed from me) is no better, since it requires חָֹלַך to be taken in two different senses in the two most closely connected clauses of vers. 25 and 26. Altogether, our version would seem to be the best rendering that has been suggested. It accords with the Septuagint, with Theodoret, and with the Vulgate; and it gives a satisfactory sense: "Did not my spirit go forth with thee when thou wentest forth, etc.? Was I not present in spirit during the whole transaction?" When the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? (see ver. 21). Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The prophet follows Gehazi's thoughts, which had been to purchase, with the money obtained from Naaman, olive yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, etc.; and asks - Was this a time for such proceedings? Keil well explains, "Was this the time, when so many hypocrites pretend to be prophets from selfishness and avarice, and bring the prophetic office into contempt with unbelievers, for a servant of the true God to take money and goods from a non-Israelite... that he might acquire property and luxury for himself?" It was evidently a most unfit time. As Thenius says, "In any other case better than in this mightest thou have yielded to thy desire for gold and goods." <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/5-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>But Elisha questioned him, וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Did not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no my spirit לִבִּ֣י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre go [with you] הָלַ֔ךְ (hā·laḵ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk when כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the man אִ֛ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person got down הָֽפַךְ־ (hā·p̄aḵ-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert from מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against his chariot מֶרְכַּבְתּ֖וֹ (mer·kaḇ·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4818.htm">Strong's 4818: </a> A chariot to meet you? לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָ (liq·rā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7125.htm">Strong's 7125: </a> Against he come, help, meet, seek, to, in the way Is this the time הַעֵ֞ת (ha·‘êṯ) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> Time, now, when to accept לָקַ֤חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take money הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ (hak·ke·sep̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> Silver, money and clothing, בְּגָדִ֔ים (bə·ḡā·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage olive groves וְזֵיתִ֤ים (wə·zê·ṯîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2132.htm">Strong's 2132: </a> An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry and vineyards, וּכְרָמִים֙ (ū·ḵə·rā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3754.htm">Strong's 3754: </a> A garden, vineyard sheep וְצֹ֣אן (wə·ṣōn) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6629.htm">Strong's 6629: </a> Small cattle, sheep and goats, flock and oxen, וּבָקָ֔ר (ū·ḇā·qār) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1241.htm">Strong's 1241: </a> Beef cattle, ox, a herd menservants וַעֲבָדִ֖ים (wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant and maidservants? וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8198.htm">Strong's 8198: </a> Maid, maidservant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/5-26.htm">2 Kings 5:26 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-26.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 5:26 He said to him Didn't my heart (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/5-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 5:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 5:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>