¹⁹ “Go in peace,” he said. So Naaman^[a] left.

After Naaman had gone only a short distance, ²⁰ Gehazi, the attendant to Elisha, the man of God, told himself, “Look how my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman! He declined to take from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I’m going to run after him and get something from him.” ²¹ So Gehazi ran after Naaman.

When Naaman noticed someone running after him, he came down from his chariot, greeted him and asked, “Is everything all right?”^[b]

²² Gehazi said, “Everything’s all right. My master sent me to tell you, ‘Just now two men from the Guild of Prophets have arrived from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them each a talent^[c] of silver bullion and two sets^[d] of clothes.’”

²³ But Naaman said, “Please accept my invitation to take two talents^[e] of silver.” He urged him, binding two talents^[f] of silver in two bags, along with two sets of clothes. He placed them in the care of two of his young men, and they went on ahead of Gehazi.^{[g] 24} When he arrived at the stronghold, Gehazi^[h] took the bags from their custody and hid them away in the house. Then he sent the men away and they left.

²⁵ Later he went to address^[i] his master. Elisha asked him, “Where did you go, Gehazi?”

“Your servant went nowhere in particular,” he said.

²⁶ But Elisha^[j] responded, “Didn’t my heart break^[k] as the man was turning from his chariot to greet you? Is now the time to receive money? To receive clothes? And olive groves, vineyards, sheep, oxen, servants, or female attendants? ²⁷ Naaman’s leprosy will plague you and your descendants forever!” As he left Elisha’s presence, he was infected with leprosy that looked like white snow.