2 Raja-raja 8:5

8:5 While Gehazi ¹  was telling the king how Elisha ²  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. ³  Gehazi said, “My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!”

2 Raja-raja 5:27

5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict ⁴  you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi ⁵  went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. ⁶ 

[8:5]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ³ 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.”

[8:5]  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.

[5:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “cling to.”

[5:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:27]  ⁶ 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.