Quest. How could the king speak with Gehazi, who was a leper? Answ. Either the king might speak with him at a convenient distance, it being usual for others to discourse with lepers, as 2 Kings 7:8 Matthew 8:2 Luke 17:12; or his leprosy might be of that sort which was not infectious; or, if his leprosy was such as made him yet to be unclean, the king's great curiosity might easily prevail with him to break a ceremonial law, who made no scruple of violating God's moral law.
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2 Kings 8:4
4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.