Gehazi

Gehazi was the servant of the prophet Elisha, playing a significant role in several Elishaic narratives but ultimately remembered for his moral failure. He appears first in the account of the Shunammite woman, where Elisha uses him as an intermediary and initially sends him ahead with the prophet's staff to lay on the dead child — but only when Elisha himself arrives does the boy revive (2 Kings 4:14–31). Gehazi's role as aide, messenger, and gatekeeper to the great prophet is clear throughout these stories.

His defining moment and downfall came after Elisha healed Naaman the Syrian commander of leprosy and refused any payment, declaring that accepting gifts in such circumstances was not appropriate (2 Kings 5:16). Gehazi secretly ran after Naaman and, using a false story, obtained silver and garments for himself. When Elisha confronted him, Gehazi lied about where he had been. Elisha pronounced that Naaman's leprosy would cling to Gehazi and his descendants forever, and Gehazi left Elisha's presence leprous. He appears once more, telling king Joram the great deeds Elisha had done (2 Kings 8:4), but by then his personal relationship with the prophet had been permanently severed by his greed and deception.