2 Kings 5:3
Context5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! 1 Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”
2 Kings 5:27
Context5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict 2 you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi 3 went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. 4
1 map For location see Map2 B1; Map4 D3; Map5 E2; Map6 A4; Map7 C1.
2 tn Heb “cling to.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 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.