2 Kings 5:22
in 2 Kings 5“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.’”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
KJV
And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
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This verse in 2 Kings 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd he said - שלום shalom. It is peace; all is right. This was a common mode of address and answer. There be come to me from mount Ephraim - There was probably a school of the prophets at this mount.
This site's exposition
as the Lord liveth, I will run after him
on 2 Kings 5:20-24
Gehazi watches his master refuse Syrian silver and decides the house has let Naaman off too cheaply, swearing by the same name Elisha had just sworn by to justify taking what his master would not. Naaman presses two talents on him rather than one, doubling the very gift Gehazi invented a pretext to request, then Gehazi hides the silver in his own house before returning to stand before Elisha as if nothing had happened. The servant who once reasoned Naaman into obedience has a counterpart now in Elisha's own servant, reasoning himself into theft.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Gehazi was a covetous man to the bottom of his heart. He had pretended to reject his hidden greed but saw, through the betrayal of his mouth, what his soul was trying to hide.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, all is well,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
From mount Ephraim - Bethel and Gilgal 2Ki 2:1, at both of which there were “schools of the prophets,” were situated on Mount Ephraim. A talent of silver - A large demand in respect of the pretended occasion; but small compared with the amount which Naaman had pressed on the prophet 2Ki 5:4. Gehazi had to balance between his own avarice, on the one hand, and the fear of raising suspicion on the other.
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| שָׁל֗וֹם | shalom | peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| אֲדֹנִי֮ | ʾadoni | master my | H113 → | 333 times |
| שְׁלָחַ֣נִי | shelachani | he has sent me | H7971 → | 845 times |
| לֵאמֹר֒ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הִנֵּ֣ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| עַתָּ֡ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| זֶ֠ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| בָּ֣אוּ | bau | they have come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֵלַ֧י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | shenei- | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| נְעָרִ֛ים | nearim | young men | H5288 → | 239 times |
| מֵהַ֥ר | mehar | from [the] hill country of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| אֶפְרַ֖יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | |
| מִבְּנֵ֣י | mibenei | of [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים | haneviim | the prophets | H5030 → | 314 times |
| תְּנָה־ | tenah- | give ! | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| נָּ֤א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| לָהֶם֙ | lahem | to them | ||
| כִּכַּר־ | kikar- | a talent of | H3603 → | 68 times |
| כֶּ֔סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וּשְׁתֵּ֖י | ushetei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| חֲלִפ֥וֹת | chalifot | changes of | H2487 → | 12 times |
| בְּגָדִֽים׃ | begadim | garments | H899 → | 217 times |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
שָׁל֗וֹםpeace
shalomH7965 →236 times
אֲדֹנִי֮master my
ʾadoniH113 →333 times
שְׁלָחַ֣נִיhe has sent me
shelachaniH7971 →845 times
לֵאמֹר֒<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
הִנֵּ֣הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
עַתָּ֡הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
זֶ֠הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
בָּ֣אוּthey have come
bauH935 →2568 times
אֵלַ֧יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
שְׁנֵֽי־two
shenei-H8147 →768 times
נְעָרִ֛יםyoung men
nearimH5288 →239 times
מֵהַ֥רfrom [the] hill country of
meharH2022 →546 times
אֶפְרַ֖יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →
מִבְּנֵ֣יof [the] sons of
mibeneiH1121 →4930 times
הַנְּבִיאִ֑יםthe prophets
haneviimH5030 →314 times
תְּנָה־give !
tenah-H5414 →2011 times
נָּ֤אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
לָהֶם֙to them
lahem
כִּכַּר־a talent of
kikar-H3603 →68 times
כֶּ֔סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וּשְׁתֵּ֖יand two
usheteiH8147 →768 times
חֲלִפ֥וֹתchanges of
chalifotH2487 →12 times
בְּגָדִֽים׃garments
begadimH899 →217 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Revelation 21:8But 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…
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
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…
- Revelation 2:11
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- Ephesians 5:5–6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater), has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
- Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- Revelation 20:14–15
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–10
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John 8:44You 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.…
it leads to
- Acts 13:10
and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- 1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
- 1 John 3:8–10
The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the…
- Acts 13:10
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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 5:21; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.