2 Kings 5:24
in 2 Kings 5When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
KJV
And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
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This verse in 2 Kings 5
Commentary
5 notes on this verseWhen he came to the tower - The Chaldee, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic understand the word עפל ophel, which we translate tower, as signifying a secret, dark, or hiding place. He was doing a deed of darkness, and he sought darkness to conceal it. He no doubt put them in a place little frequented, or one to which few had access besides himself. But the prophet’s discerning spirit found him out.
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 Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The punishment of this sin. Elisha immediately called him to an account for it; and observe, 1. He thought to impose upon the prophet, but was soon given to understand that the Spirit of prophecy could not be deceived, and that it was in vain to lie to the Holy Ghost.
And when he came to the tower,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The tower - Rather, “the hill,” the well-known hill by Elisha’s house. The hill interrupted the view in the direction taken by Naaman, and Gehazi dismissed Naaman’s servants at this point lest they should be seen from his master’s residence.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹא֙ | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הָעֹ֔פֶל | haofel | the hill | H6076 → | |
| וַיִּקַּ֥ח | vaiyikach | and he took [them] | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מִיָּדָ֖ם | miyadam | from hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד | vaiyifkod | and he deposited [them] | H6485 → | 303 times |
| בַּבָּ֑יִת | babayit | in the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| וַיְשַׁלַּ֥ח | vayshalach | and he sent away | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים | haanashim | the men | H582 → | 566 times |
| וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַיָּבֹא֙and he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הָעֹ֔פֶלthe hill
haofelH6076 →
וַיִּקַּ֥חand he took [them]
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
מִיָּדָ֖םfrom hand their
miyadamH3027 →1618 times
וַיִּפְקֹ֣דand he deposited [them]
vaiyifkodH6485 →303 times
בַּבָּ֑יִתin the house
babayitH1004 →2046 times
וַיְשַׁלַּ֥חand he sent away
vayshalachH7971 →845 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםthe men
haanashimH582 →566 times
וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃and they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 29:15Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 8:12
“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are…
- Isaiah 47:10
You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
- Isaiah 30:1
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- Psalms 94:7–9
They say, “The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed.”
- Luke 12:1–3
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
- Ezekiel 8:12
Through
Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set…
it leads to
- Joshua 22:20
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- Ecclesiastes 9:18
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6–7
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
- Joshua 22:20
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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); 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.