What does 2 Kings 5:3 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were withb the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy."
Verse 2 Kings 5:3. _WOULD GOD MY LORD_] אחלי _achaley, I wish_; or, as the Chaldee, Syrian, and Arabic have, "_Happy would it be_ for my master if he were with the prophet," c. Here the mystery of th...
4. NAAMAN AND HIS HEALING CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Naaman, the leper (2 Kings 5:1)_ 2. The testimony of the maid of Israel (2 Kings 5:2) 3. The message to the king of Israel (2 Kings 5:5) 4. Naaman and Eli...
NAAMAN HEALED OF HIS LEPROSY. This story, familiar to all, presupposes a time of peace between Israel and Syria. As in 1 Kings 20, the king of Syria addresses the king of Israel (unnamed here) as his...
WOULD GOD, &C. Figure of speech _Ejaculatio._ App-6. IN SAMARIA. This is the girl's expression. Samaria was where she had heard of him....
_Would God_ This interjection is found only here and in Psalms 119:5. There it is rendered - _O that_my ways were directed". _the prophet that_is _in Samaria_ Elisha had a house in the city of Samari...
III. A MIRACLE ON BEHALF OF AN ARAMEAN GENERAL 5:1-19 The account of the healing of the leprous Naaman moves through three stages which may be labeled (1) Naaman's condition (2 Kings 5:1-7), (2) Naam...
_AND SHE SAID UNTO HER MISTRESS, WOULD GOD MY LORD WERE WITH THE PROPHET THAT IS IN SAMARIA! FOR HE WOULD RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE HEALING OF NAAMAN AND THE PUNISHMENT OF GEHAZI 1. The Lord.. Syria] Possibly the enemies from whom the Syrians had been saved were the Assyrians. Naaman, in delivering his countrymen from them, h...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 5 NAAMAN’S ILLNESS V1 Naaman was the leader of a king’s army. It was the army of the king of Syria. Naaman’s master re...
WOULD GOD. — _O that! ’Ahalê_ here; in Psalms 119:5, _’Ahalay_. The word seems to follow the analogy of _’ashrê_, “O the bliss of!” (Psalms 1:1). It perhaps means “O the delight of!” the root _’ahal_...
וַ תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל ־גְּבִרְתָּ֔הּ אַחֲלֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י לִ פְנֵ֥י הַ נָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ שֹׁמְרֹ֑ון אָ֛ז...
THE STORY OF NAAMAN 2 Kings 5:1 And Jesus put forth _ his_ hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matthew 8:3 AFTER these shorter anecdotes...
THE CURE FOR LEPROSY 2 Kings 5:1 From Assyrian monuments we learn that at this period Syria regained her independence from under the yoke of Assyria, and probably it was during this struggle that Na...
When Elijah had felt that he alone was left loyal to God he had been told of seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal. One of these, or perchance the child of one, stands before us in this na...
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the (b) prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. (b) Meaning Elisha....
I cannot but request the Reader's attention with me, to the story of this case of Naaman altogether, because I conceive that it is intended, in a spiritual sense, to set forth both the grace, and the...
However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of J...
Elisha goes also beyond the borders of Israel in dispensing the blessing of which he is the instrument; and, when the king of Israel is troubled at Naaman's coming, Elisha heals the leprosy of this Ge...
AND SHE SAID UNTO HER MISTRESS,.... As she was waiting upon her at a certain time, and perhaps her mistress was lamenting the case of her husband as desperate and incurable: WOULD GOD MY LORD WERE WI...
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. Ver. 3. _For he would recover him of his leprosy._] Few in Isr...
_Would God my Lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria_ In the kingdom of Samaria; or, rather, in the city of Samaria; where Elisha was when she was taken, and where he commonly resided, though h...
1 Naaman, by the report of a captiue mayd, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosie. 8 Elisha, sending him to Iordan, cureth him. 15 He refusing Naamans gifts, granteth him some of the earth....
THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...
NAAMAN THE LEPER HEALED (vv.1-19) The history continues in this chapter to focus attention, not on the kings, but on Elisha the man of God. When the kings had failed so badly the Lord used a prophe...
WITH: _ Heb._ before RECOVER: gather in...
1-8 Though the Syrians were idolaters, and oppressed God's people, yet the deliverance of which Naaman had been the means, is here ascribed to the Lord. Such is the correct language of Scripture, whi...
IN SAMARIA; either, first, In the kingdom of Samaria. Or, secondly, In the city of Samaria; where he was when she was taken; or where he commonly resided, though he went to other places, as need requi...
2 Kings 5:3 said H559 (H8799) mistress H1404 only H305 master H113 with H6440 prophet H5030 Samaria H8111 For H227 heal H622 (H8799) leprosy H6883 Would God - Numbers 11:29; Acts 26:29; 1 Corinthians...
THE HEALING OF NAAMAN, THE GENERAL OF ARAM (SYRIA) AND THE SMITING OF GEHAZI, THE SERVANT OF ELISHA (2 KINGS 5:1). This is not only a remarkable story in that it recounts the healing by YHWH of an Ara...
2 Kings 5:1 The little Hebrew maid was torn from her mother and her playmates at the age of seven or eight, and hurried amid all the alarms of war to a foreign land, robbed at once of home, of freedo...
CONTENTS: Naaman the Syrian healed by obeying Elisha's word. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Naaman, maid, Syrian king, king of Israel, Gehazi. CONCLUSION: There is little hope for one who is more concerne...
2 Kings 5:8. _When Elisha heard that the king had rent his clothes,_ he laid the case before the Lord and received his instruction how to proceed. 2 Kings 5:10. _Elisha sent a messenger,_ to cure Naa...
_Now Naaman, captain of the host of the King of Syria._ THE HISTORY OF NAAMAN’S DISEASE AND CURE; ILLUSTRATIVE OF CERTAIN FORCES IN THE LIFE OF MAN I. The force of worldly position. Why all the inte...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 5:1 The account of Elisha’s miracles continues with a story that again recalls the ministry of Elijah: the Lord is God not only of Israelites but also of foreigners (compare 1...
NAAMAN, THE SYRIAN LEPER CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 5:1. NAAMAN WAS A GREAT MAN WITH HIS MASTER—גִּבּוֹר חַיִל does not refer to mere physical force, but to the high esteem in which he...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 5:1 THE CURE OF NAAMAN'S LEPROSY. HIS GRATITUDE; AND THE SIN OF GEHAZI, The historian continues his narrative of Elisha's miracles, commenced in 2 Kings 2:1; and gives in the prese...
Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...
1 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Kings 5:8; Acts 26:29; Luke 17:12; Matthew 11:5; Matthew 8:2; Matthew 8:3; Numbers 11:29...