2 Kings 5:20-24

5:20 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 

[5:20]  ¹ tn Heb “said” (i.e., to himself).

[5:20]  ² tn Heb “Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought.”

[5:21]  ³ tn Heb “Is there peace?”

[5:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “peace.”

[5:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets.”

[5:22]  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).

[5:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “Be resolved and accept two talents.”

[5:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “before him.”

[5:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “from their hand.”

[5:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he sent the men away and they went.”