But he went in, and stood before his master,.... To know his will, and minister to him, as he had used to do, and as if he had never been from the house:and Elisha said unto him, whence comest thou, Gehazi?
where had he been, and where was he last?
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2 Kings 5:25
2 Kings 5:25
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