2 Kings 5:24 - Easy To Read Version When Gehazi came to the hill, he took these things from the servants. Gehazi sent the servants away, and they left. Then Gehazi hid those things in the house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they left. American Standard Version (1901) And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. Common English Bible When Gehazi arrived at the elevated fortress, he took the items from them and stored them in his house. Then he sent the servants away, and they left. Catholic Public Domain Version And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he was come, and now it was the evening, he took them from their hands, and laid them up in the house, and sent the men away. And they departed. |
Those people try to hide things from the Lord. They think the Lord will not understand. Those people do their evil things in darkness. Those people tell themselves. “No person can see us. No person will know who we are.”
But soon enough, all of those people will laugh at him. They will tell stories about his defeat. They will laugh and say, ‘It’s too bad that the man who took so many things will not get to keep them! He made himself rich collecting debts.’
But the people of Israel did not obey God. There was a man from the family group of Judah named Achan son of Carmi, grandson of Zimri. Achan kept some of the things that should have been destroyed. So the Lord became very angry at the people of Israel.
{We captured the city of Jericho and all the things in it.} I saw a beautiful coat from Babylon, about 5 pounds [36] of silver; and about a pound [37] of gold. I wanted these things for myself. So I took them. You will find those things buried in the ground under my tent. The silver is under the coat.”