2 Kings 5:20
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said—Lo! my lord, hath restrained, this Naaman the Syrian, by not taking at his hand that which he brought! By the life of Yahweh, verily, I will runs after him, and accept of him, something.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he said unto him—Go and prosper! But, when he had gone from him some distance,
Cross References
Exodus 20:17Thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s house,—thou shalt not covet, thy neighbour’s wife nor his servant nor his handmaid nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything which belongeth unto thy neighbour.
2 Kings 4:12Then said he unto Gehazi, his young man, Call this Shunammitess. And he called her, and she stood before him.
2 Kings 4:31Now, Gehazi, had passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the boy, but there was neither voice, nor attention,—so he returned to meet him, and told him, saying—The boy hath not awaked.
2 Kings 6:31And he said—So, let God do to me, and, so, let him add,—if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remain on him, to-day!
Proverbs 26:16Wiser is the sluggard in his own eyes, than, seven persons, who can answer with judgment.
Jeremiah 22:17Verily thou hast neither eyes nor heart, save for thy plundering and for thy shedding of innocent blood, and for oppression and for crushing to do them!
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 →