Gehazi

Servant of Elisha (2 Kgs 5:25) who instructed the prophet how best to recompense the generous Shunammite woman for her kindness to him (4:11–17). Gehazi took Elisha’s staff to use in reviving the woman’s dead son, but he was unsuccessful (v 31), and the prophet himself had to revive the child (vv 32–37). His greed in securing from Naaman presents declined by Elisha resulted in his contracting Naaman’s leprosy (5:20–23, 27). In 2 Kings 8:1–6 Gehazi again encountered the Shunammite woman as she was petitioning the king of Israel.