Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on 2 Kings 8:4

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the king: As it appears not likely that the king would hold conversation with a leprous man; or, that, knowing Gehazi had been dismissed with the highest disgrace from the prophet's service, he would talk with him concerning his late master; some have supposed that this happened before the cleansing of Naaman. But it agrees better with the chronology to consider it as having taken place after that event; the king, probably, having an insatiable curiosity to know the private history of a man who had done such astonishing things. As to the circumstances of Gehazi's disease, he might overlook that, and converse with him, keeping at a reasonable distance, as nothing but actual contact could defile. Gehazi: Kg2 5:20-27, Kg2 7:3, Kg2 7:10 Tell: Mat 2:8; Luk 9:9, Luk 23:8; Joh 9:27; Act 24:24 all the great: Kg2 2:14, Kg2 2:20-22, Kg2 2:24, Kg2 3:14-16, Kg2 4:3-6, Kg2 4:16, Kg2 4:17, Kg2 5:14, Kg2 5:27, Kg2 6:6, Kg2 6:9-12, Kg2 6:17-20, Kg2 6:32; Kg2 7:1, Kg2 7:16-20 4 Kings (2 Kings) 8:5

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