Gehazi
Gehazi ( Hebrew גֵּיחֲזִי, possibly from old South Arabic GḤḎ , a divine name or from Egyptian gḥsw "Gazelle") was a servant of the biblical prophet Elisha . You can find out about him in the 2nd Book of Kings , Chapters 4 to 8.
Gehazi appears in only a few stories by Elisha, in the stories of the Schunemiterin and in the Naaman story . Otherwise Elisha's servant always remains nameless. Gehazi probably fended off intrusive visitors, spoke to petitioners on behalf of the prophet, praised his deeds or advised him.
Although Elisha commissioned Gehazi to bring the dead son of a Shunemite woman to life, Gehazi did not succeed. Only Elisha herself woke the child. With Gehasi's failed attempt, the effectiveness of Elisha was underlined.
Under the pretext that two disciples of the prophets have come to his master Elisha, Gehazi asks for two silver pieces and two festive dresses. When Gehasi later goes back to his master, he is asked by him where he comes from. Gehazi replied that he did not go here or there. But Elisha told him that he had always been with him in spirit and that he had the silver and the clothes and could afford a lot, but from now on he and his descendants will always be attached to Naaman's leprosy . Gehazi went out and had leprosy.
Web links
- Martin Mulzer: Gehasi. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.