He told his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.” So he did so and she came to him.

But Elisha replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets.”

They were absolutely terrified and said, “Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?”

He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.

Elisha said, “As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.

He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman came and stood before him. He said, “For sure I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”

Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver. 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.

So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

“King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.

No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.