2 Kings 5:17

5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, 1  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. 2 

2 Kings 5:22-23

5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. 3  My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. 4  Please give them a talent 5  of silver and two suits of clothes.’” 5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 6  He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. 7 

1 tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

2 tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

3 tn Heb “peace.”

4 tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

5 tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

6 tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”

7 tn Heb “before him.”