2 Kings 5:20–27

²⁰Gehazi, ^lthe attendant of Elisha the man of God, thought: My master has let this Aramean Naaman off lightly by not accepting from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, ^mI will run after him and get something from him.

²¹So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”

²²Gehazi said, “It’s all right. ⁿMy 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 75 pounds ^oof silver and two changes of clothes.’ ” ^p

²³But Naaman insisted, “Please, accept 150 pounds.” ^qHe urged Gehazi and then packed 150 pounds ^rof silver in two bags with two changes of clothes. Naaman gave them to two of his young men who carried them ahead of Gehazi. ²⁴When Gehazi came to the hill, ^sthe took the gifts from them and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they left.

²⁵Gehazi came and stood by his master. “Where did you go, Gehazi?” Elisha asked him.

“Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” he replied.

²⁶But Elisha questioned him, “Wasn’t my spirit ^uthere ^vwhen the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to accept money and clothes, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, and male and female slaves? ²⁷Therefore, Naaman’s skin disease will cling to you and your descendants forever.” So Gehazi went out from his presence diseased—white as snow. ^w