John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:26
And he said unto him, went not mine heart with thee ?.... Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what thou hast done should be hid from me? so Ben Gersom and others; or my heart did not go with thee, it was contrary to my mind and will what thou didst; so Abendana; or rather, as the Targum, by a spirit of prophecy it was shown unto me, &c.; I knew full well what thou wentest for, and hast done; and so Maimonides F25 Moreh Nevochim, par. 1. c. 39. ; was not I employed in my... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:25
But he went in, and stood before his master ,.... To know his will, and minister to him, as he had used to do, and as if he had never been from the house: and Elisha said unto him, whence comest thou, Gehazi ? where had he been, and where was he last? and he said, thy servant went no whither ; he pretended he had never been out of doors, which was another impudent lie; one would have thought that he who had lived so long with the prophet, and had seen the miracles wrought by him, and... read more