Matthew Poole and continuators on 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.

Quest. How could the King speak with Gehazi who was a Leper? Ans. Either, the King might speak with him at a convenient distance, it being usual for others to discourse with Lepers, as 2 King. 7. 8. Matth. 8. 2. Luk. 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 Kings great Curiosity might easily prevail with him to break a Ceremonial Law, who made no scruple of violating Gods Moral Law.