Then he went back inside the house. He stood in front of his master Elisha. “Gehazi, where have you been?” Elisha asked. “I didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered.
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah. He asked him, “What did those men say? Where did they come from?” “They came from a land far away,” Hezekiah said. “They came from Babylon.”
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi answered. “My master sent me to say, ‘Two young men from the group of the prophets have just come to me. They’ve come from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them 75 pounds of silver and two sets of clothes.’ ”
Uzziah was holding a shallow cup. He was ready to burn incense in it. He became angry. He shouted at the priests in the Lord’s temple. He did it near the altar for burning incense. While he was shouting, a skin disease suddenly broke out on his forehead.
My people come to you, just as they usually do. They sit in front of you. They hear what you say. But they do not put it into practice. With their mouths they say they love me. But in their hearts they want what belongs to others. They try to get rich by cheating them.
Later, Saul’s uncle spoke to him and his servant. He asked, “Where have you been?” “Looking for the donkeys,” Saul said. “But we couldn’t find them. So we went to Samuel.”