2 Kings 5:20

5:20 Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, ¹  “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. ²  As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”

2 Kings 5:27

5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict ³  you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi ⁴  went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

² tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

³ tn Heb “cling to.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Traditionally, “he went from before him, leprous like snow.” But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66.