The article discusses the date and cultural background of the Elisha and Naaman story (2 Kings 5). It first analyses the story and emphasizes the difference in its presentation of the prophet and the way he operates vis-à-vis all other stories in the Elisha story-cycle. It then analyses Naaman’s request to carry soil from the Land of Israel in order to erect an altar for Yhwh in Damascus (5:17) and brings evidence that the transportation of earth from one sacred place to another was known in Mesopotamia from the late second millennium BCE onward. In light of all the available evidence, it suggests that the story is not part of Elisha’s original story-cycle; rather, it illuminates the shift of ideas about the prophet, his prophecy, and the land of Israel in the transition from the monarchical to the early post-exilic period.

本文讨论了以利沙和纳曼故事（2王5）的日期和文化背景。它首先分析了这个故事，并强调了它在先知表现形式和他对以利沙故事周期中所有其他故事的操作方式上的差异。然后，分析了纳曼提出的从以色列土地上运送土壤以在大马士革为耶和华立一座祭坛的请求（5:17），并提供证据表明，从第二个晚期起美索不达米亚已经知道从一个圣地到另一个圣地的地球运输公元前千年向前。根据所有可用的证据，它表明该故事不属于以利沙最初的故事周期。相反，它说明了从先君制到流放后初期过渡期间关于先知，他的预言以及以色列土地的观念的转变。