2 Kings 5:25
in 2 Kings 5When 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 verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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
Whence comest thou, Gehazi
on 2 Kings 5:25-27
Elisha's question exposes a lie already prepared, thy servant went no whither, and Elisha answers that his heart went with Gehazi in spirit to the meeting the servant thought private. The leprosy Naaman left behind in Jordan falls on Gehazi and his seed forever, the same disease moving from the Syrian who received grace freely to the Israelite who tried to sell it. A chapter that opened with a captive girl's free word closes with a greedy servant's own words condemning him, the two servants framing Naaman's story on both ends.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהוּא־ | vehu'- | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָא֙ | va' | he went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד | vaiyaamod | and he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֔יו | ʾadonav | master<s> his | H113 → | 333 times |
| וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵלָיו֙ | ʾelav | to him | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֱלִישָׁ֔ע | ʾelisha' | Elisha | H477 → | 58 times |
| מֵאַ֖יִן | mean | from whence? | H370 → | 17 times |
| גֵּחֲזִ֑י | gechazi | O Gehazi | H1522 → | 12 times |
| וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָלַ֥ךְ | halakh | he has gone | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֖ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אָ֥נֶה | ʾaneh | where? | H575 → | 41 times |
| וָאָֽנָה׃ | vaanah | and where? | H575 → | 41 times |
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.
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
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…
- 2 Kings 5:5
Through
Proverbs 30:20This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
it leads to
- Proverbs 7:13–23
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
- Proverbs 5:6
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- Numbers 5:11–30
Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Proverbs 7:13–23
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
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.