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2 Kings 5:25

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When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

KJV

But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

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This verse in 2 Kings 5

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Lest his absence should be noticed, Gehazi hastened, without being called, to appear before his master. In the East it is usual for servants to remain most of the day in their lord’s presence, only quitting it when given some order to execute.

This site's exposition

Gehazi, where have you been

on 2 Kings 5:25-27

Gehazi answers with a ready lie, “Your servant did not go anywhere”. Elisha asks whether his spirit did not go with him. The leprosy Naaman left falls on Gehazi and his descendants, passing from the foreigner who received grace freely to the Israelite who sold it.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 5:27 · Written before 373.

proposed

After Gehazi had come back from his meeting with Naaman, he entered Elisha's house, and [the prophet] asked him, according to custom, why he had moved away from him. "Where do you come from?" he said to Gehazi. He said this on purpose, so that …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

But he went in, and stood before his master,....

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהוּא־and he

    vehu'-H1931 →1879 times

  • בָא֙he went

    va'H935 →2568 times

  • וַיַּעֲמֹ֣דand he stood

    vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • אֲדֹנָ֔יוmaster<s> his

    ʾadonavH113 →333 times

  • וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָיו֙to him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • אֱלִישָׁ֔עElisha

    ʾelisha'H477 →58 times

  • מֵאַ֖יִןfrom whence?

    meanH370 →17 times

  • גֵּחֲזִ֑יO Gehazi

    gechaziH1522 →12 times

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • הָלַ֥ךְhe has gone

    halakhH1980 →1546 times

  • עַבְדְּךָ֖servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

  • אָ֥נֶהwhere?

    ʾanehH575 →41 times

  • וָאָֽנָה׃and where?

    vaanahH575 →41 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 5:22“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”3 works1 Samuel 13:11“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,3 worksActs 5:3–4Then 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?2 worksJohn 13:26–30Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.2 works2 Kings 20:14Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”2 worksProverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Genesis 16:8“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.2 worksMatthew 26:21And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”2 worksMatthew 26:15–16and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.2 worksGenesis 4:9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”2 worksEzekiel 33:31So 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.2 worksGenesis 3:8–9Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.2 works2 Kings 8:14So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”2 works1 Samuel 10:14Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”2 worksJob 1:7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”2 worksMatthew 26:25Then Judas, who would betray Him, said, “Surely not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said it yourself.”2 works2 Samuel 1:3“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.2 worksJohn 13:2The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 5:22

    “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 5:5

      “Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of…

    • Acts 5:3–4

      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?

    • Jeremiah 9:5

      Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

    • John 8:44

      You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him.…

    • Revelation 21:8

      But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…

  • Through

    Proverbs 30:20

    This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

    it leads to

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 5:27; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.

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