Discovery Box2 Kings 4:27 
Context4:27 But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. 1 The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
2 Kings 8:5
Context8:5 While Gehazi 2 was telling the king how Elisha 3 had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. 4 Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”
2 Kings 13:23
Context13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. 5 He extended his favor to them 6 because of the promise he had made 7 to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. 8
1 tn Heb “her soul [i.e., ‘disposition’] is bitter.”
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and look, the woman whose son he had brought back to life was crying out to the king for her house and her field.”
sn The legal background of the situation is uncertain. For a discussion of possibilities, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 87-88.
5 tn Or “showed them compassion.”
6 tn Heb “he turned to them.”
7 tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”
8 tn Heb “until now.”
