2 Kings 5:26

Then he said unto him—My heart, had not gone with thee, when someone turned again from off his chariot, to meet thee! Is it a time to accept silver, or to accept raiment, or oliveyards, or vineyards, or flocks or herds, or men-servants, or maid-servants?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

25Now, when, he, came in and stood before his lord, Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said,—Thy servant hath been neither hither nor thither.

27The leprosy of Naaman, therefore, shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed, to times age-abiding. And he went forth from before him—a leper—like snow.

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Cross References

Genesis 14:23That not from a thread even unto a sandal-thong,—will I take, anything, that is thine,—Lest thou shouldst say, I, enriched Abram!

2 Kings 6:12Then said one of his servants, None, my lord O king,—but, Elisha, the prophet, who is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words which thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.

Proverbs 12:19A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

Ecclesiastes 3:1For, every thing, there is a season,—and a time for every pursuit, under the heavens:—

Jeremiah 45:5Wouldst, thou, then seek to secure for thyself great things? Do not seek! For behold me! bringing in calamity upon all flesh, Declareth Yahweh, Nevertheless I will give thee thine own life as a spoil, in all places whithersoever thou goest.

Matthew 10:8Be curing, the sick, raising, the dead,—cleansing, lepers, casting out, demons: freely, ye have, received, freely, give.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:21-27

Naaman's Gratitude. ( b. c. 894.) 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? 22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from… Read the whole commentary →

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