2 Kings 5:26 (DBY)

Passage

And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:24 And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.

2 Kings 5:25 And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.

2 Kings 5:26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?

2 Kings 5:27 But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "said", "heart", "turned", "again", "chariot", "meet", and "thee". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sheep" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And he entered in and stood before..." into verse 27's "But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten...", so "sheep" and "said" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sheep" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.