Elisha said to Gehazi, “That is not true! My heart was with you when the man {Naaman} turned from his chariot [56] to meet you. This is not the time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, cows, or men and women servants.
Also, you must never build houses, plant seeds, or plant vineyards. You must never do any of those things. You must live only in tents. If you do that, then you will live a long time in the land where you move from place to place.’
Why should we follow you? You did not bring us into the new land filled with many good things. [203] You did not give us the land God promised. You did not give us the fields or the vineyards. Will you make these men your slaves? No! We will not come.”