וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י נַעַר֮ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ חָשַׂ֣ךְ אֲדֹנִ֗י אֶֽת־נַעֲמָ֤ן הָֽאֲרַמִּי֙ הַזֶּ֔ה מִקַּ֥חַת מִיָּד֖וֹ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־הֵבִ֑יא חַי־יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־אִם־רַ֣צְתִּי אַחֲרָ֔יו וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י מֵאִתּ֖וֹ מְאֽוּמָה׃
Ghéhazi, serviteur d’Élisée, l’homme de Dieu, s’était dit: "Mon maître a refusé d’accepter de la main de ce Syrien Naaman ce qu’il avait apporté. Vive Dieu! Je vais courir après lui, et j’en aurai quelque chose."
Sha'arei Kedusha
Gechazi was only punished because he lied in the name of Elisha.587Kings II 5:20-27; Midrash Tanchuma, Metzora 1:1 Amnon deceived Tamar, which led to him being killed.588Samuel II 13:1-29 The spirit of Navot was sent out from before the Presence of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He, because he spoke deceitfully,589Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 102b; Zohar I 192b (Kings I 21:1-13) as it states,590Kings 1 22:20-22 “And HaShem-יהו״ה said, ‘Who will lure Achav to go up [to war] that he may fall in Ramoth-Gilead?’ This one said, ‘Like this’ and this one said, ‘Like this!’ Then a spirit came forward and stood before HaShem-יהו״ה and said, ‘I shall lure him!’ And HaShem-יהו״ה said, ‘How?’ [The spirit] replied, ‘I will go out and be a spirit of falsehood in the mouths of all his prophets.’ He said, ‘You will lure him and you will succeed. Go out (Tzei-צא) and do so!’” What is the meaning of the term “Go out-Tzei-צא?” It means, “Get out of My presence!”591Talmud Bavli, Sanhedrin 102b ibid.; Zohar I 192b ibid. – That is, he was a liar in the first instance, and was thus expelled from the presence of HaShem-יהו״ה, blessed is He.