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19 And he said to him, “Go in peace.” And he departed from him a distance of land. 20 And Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God said, “Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Aramaean—not receiving from his hands what he brought. For as YHWH lives, I will run after him and get from him something.” 21 And Gehazi pursued after Naaman. And Naaman saw him running after him, and he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Peace?” 22 And he said, “Peace. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold now this, two young men have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim of the sons of the prophets. Give, please, to them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.’” 23 And Naaman said, “Be resolved, take two talents.” And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and he gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them on ahead of him. 24 And he came to the citadel, and he took them from their hand, and stored them away in the house, and he sent away the men, and they departed. 25 And he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “From where, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go where and where.” 26 And he said to him, “Did my heart not go when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? Is it the time to receive silver, and to receive garments, and olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? 27 And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever.” And he went out from before his face, leprous as the snow. 2 Kings 5:19-27, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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