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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 5:22 - King James

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2Ki 5:22 King James And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
From mount Ephraim - Bethel and Gilgal Kg2 2:1, at both of which there were "schools of the prophets," were situated on Mount Ephraim.

A talent of silver - A large demand in respect of the pretended occasion; but small compared with the amount which Naaman had pressed on the prophet Kg2 5:4. Gehazi had to balance between his own avarice, on the one hand, and the fear of raising suspicion on the other.
 
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4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
1 And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.