Gehazi
게하시
Named at 2 Kings 4:12 as a servant: at 4:11–12 Elisha (WEB “he”) comes there, goes to the room and lies there, and says to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” At 4:14, when Elisha (WEB “He”) says, “What then is to be done for her?”, Gehazi answers, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.” At 4:27, when the woman catches hold of the feet of the man of God, Gehazi comes near to thrust her away; at 4:29–31 Elisha (WEB “he”) says to Gehazi, “Then lay my staff on the child’s face”, and Gehazi goes ahead of them and lays the staff on the child’s face, but there was no voice and no hearing, and he returns to meet Elisha (WEB “him”) and tells him, “The child has not awakened.” At 4:36 Elisha (WEB “He”) calls Gehazi, and says, “Call this Shunammite!” At 5:20 Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God says, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.” At 5:21–24 he follows after Naaman and says, “My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”; Naaman binds two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and lays them on two of his servants, who carry them before Gehazi (WEB “before him”); and at the hill he takes them from their hand, and stores them in the house. At 5:25 Elisha says to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?”, and he says, “Your servant went nowhere”; at 5:26–27 Elisha (WEB “He”) says, “Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever”, and Gehazi (WEB “He”) goes out from his presence a leper, as white as snow. 2 Kings 8:4–5 says that the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done”; that as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land; and that Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.” In the first words of 8:5 the Korean Revised Version names Gehazi and Elisha (게하시가 곧 엘리사가 죽은 자를 다시 살린 일을 왕에게 이야기할 때에), where WEB says “he” twice.
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- 2KI 4:11–17, engwebp
11One day he came there, and he went to the room and lay there.
12He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
13He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have cared for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”
14He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
15He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
16He said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
17The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
- 2KI 4:25–31, engwebp
25So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
26Please run now to meet her, and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with your child?’” She answered, “It is well.”
27When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
28Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
29Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
30The child’s mother said, “As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So he arose, and followed her.
31Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
- 2KI 4:32–37, engwebp
32When Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and lying on his bed.
33He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to the LORD.
34He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.
35Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
37Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.
- 2KI 5:20–27, engwebp
20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?”
22He said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”
23Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
24When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stored them in the house. Then he let the men go, and they departed.
25But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
26He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?
27Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever.” He went out from his presence a leper, as white as snow.
- 2KI 8:1–6, engwebp
1Now Elisha had spoken to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Arise, and go, you and your household, and stay for a while wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine. It will also come on the land for seven years.”
2The woman arose, and did according to the man of God’s word. She went with her household, and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.
3At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines. Then she went out to beg the king for her house and for her land.
4Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
5As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”
6When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, “Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.”
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Took part in (5) — Elisha tells the Shunammite that she will embrace a son, and she bears a son when the time comes around, The child’s mother goes to the man of God to Mount Carmel and catches hold of his feet, and Gehazi lays the staff on the child’s face, Elisha prays to the LORD and stretches himself on the child, and the child opens his eyes, Gehazi follows after Naaman, takes the silver and the clothing, and goes out from Elisha’s presence a leper, as white as snow, The woman whose son Elisha had restored to life begs the king for her house and her land, and the king appoints an officer for her
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He said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” When he had called her, she stood before him.
He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
So she went, and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, there is the Shunammite.
When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
Then he said to Gehazi, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff in your hand, and go your way. If you meet any man, don’t greet him; and if anyone greets you, don’t answer him again. Then lay my staff on the child’s face.”
Gehazi went ahead of them, and laid the staff on the child’s face; but there was no voice and no hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”
But he went in, and stood before his master. Elisha said to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?” He said, “Your servant went nowhere.”
Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”
As he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land. Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 4:12 as a servant: at 4:11–12 Elisha (WEB “he”) comes there, goes to the room and lies there, and says to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” At 4:14, when Elisha (WEB “He”) says, “What then is to be done for her?”, Gehazi answers, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.” At 4:27, when the woman catches hold of the feet of the man of God, Gehazi comes near to thrust her away; at 4:29–31 Elisha (WEB “he”) says to Gehazi, “Then lay my staff on the child’s face”, and Gehazi goes ahead of them and lays the staff on the child’s face, but there was no voice and no hearing, and he returns to meet Elisha (WEB “him”) and tells him, “The child has not awakened.” At 4:36 Elisha (WEB “He”) calls Gehazi, and says, “Call this Shunammite!” At 5:20 Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God says, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.” At 5:21–24 he follows after Naaman and says, “My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.’”; Naaman binds two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and lays them on two of his servants, who carry them before Gehazi (WEB “before him”); and at the hill he takes them from their hand, and stores them in the house. At 5:25 Elisha says to him, “Where did you come from, Gehazi?”, and he says, “Your servant went nowhere”; at 5:26–27 Elisha (WEB “He”) says, “Therefore the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your offspring forever”, and Gehazi (WEB “He”) goes out from his presence a leper, as white as snow. 2 Kings 8:4–5 says that the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please tell me all the great things that Elisha has done”; that as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him who was dead, the woman whose son he had restored to life begged the king for her house and for her land; and that Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.” In the first words of 8:5 the Korean Revised Version names Gehazi and Elisha (게하시가 곧 엘리사가 죽은 자를 다시 살린 일을 왕에게 이야기할 때에), where WEB says “he” twice.
Cited evidence: 2KI 4:11–17, engwebp / 2KI 4:25–31, engwebp / 2KI 4:32–37, engwebp / 2KI 5:20–27, engwebp / 2KI 8:1–6, engwebp
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