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2 Kings 5:25
When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — When Gehazi enters and stands before his master Elisha, Elisha asks him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” Gehazi replies, “Your servant did not go anywhere.” (2 Kings 5:25)
The words — The Hebrew בָא (ba') means “he went,” and אֲדֹנָיו (adonav) translates to “his master,” anchoring the dialogue in Gehazi’s physical arrival before Elisha.
The thread — This exchange mirrors the LORD’s question to Cain in Genesis 4:9, “Where is your brother Abel?” and follows Gehazi’s direct reply to Naaman in 2 Kings 5:22.
Why it lands — The text records Gehazi’s immediate denial after secretly storing gifts, demanding the reader observe how his spoken words contradict his hidden actions before his master.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 5:22 “Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘Look, two young men from the sons of the prophets have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two sets of clothing.’”
- Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- Genesis 16:8 “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
- 2 Kings 20:14 Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
- Proverbs 30:20 This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
- Ezekiel 33:31 So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
- Matthew 26:15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” And they set out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 26:21 And while they were eating, He said to them, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”
- John 13:26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I give this morsel after I have dipped it.” Then He dipped the morsel and gave it to Judas son of Simon Iscariot.