2 Kings 5:20
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Aramean, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; as the LORD liveth, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he said unto him: 'Go in peace.' So he departed from him some way.
Cross References
Exodus 20:17(20-14) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
2 Kings 4:12And he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Call this Shunammite.' And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings 4:31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying: 'The child is not awaked.'
2 Kings 6:31Then he said: 'God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.'
Proverbs 26:16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:16-20
15 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. 16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither… Read the whole commentary →