Discovery Box2 Kings 5:20-24 
Context5:20 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.” 5:21 So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” 3 5:22 He answered, “Everything is fine. 4 My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. 5 Please give them a talent 6 of silver and two suits of clothes.’” 5:23 Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 7 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. 8 5:24 When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants 9 and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way. 10
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 “Is there peace?”
4 tn Heb “peace.”
5 tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”
6 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).
7 tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”
8 tn Heb “before him.”
9 tn Heb “from their hand.”
10 tn Heb “and he sent the men away and they went.”
