2 Kings 4:43

And his servitor[R.V. servant] said The word is not the usual one for -servant" which has occurred above in this chapter; but it is rendered elsewhere by -minister" or -servant" (see Exodus 24:13; Exodus 33:11), and nowhere but here -servitor". As the word is used, in the passages referred to, of Joshua, the minister of Moses, it seems likely that Gehazi, the special attendant on Elisha, is here meant.

before an hundred men Probably the number of the prophetic college at Gilgal. We have seen above (2 Kings 2:7) that these communities had many members, not all perhaps resident regularly, but likely to gather in full force when Elisha was visiting their society.

He said again R.V. But he said. There is nothing in the text to warrant the -again".