2 Kings 5:26 (LSB)

Passage

Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:24 So he came to the hill, and he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house. Then he sent the men away, and they departed.

2 Kings 5:25 But he came in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”

2 Kings 5:26 Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves?

2 Kings 5:27 Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever.” So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sheep", "said", "heart", "turned", "chariot", "meet", "time", and "receive". 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 "But he came in and stood before..." into verse 27's "Thus the leprosy of Naaman shall cling...", 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.