Commentary Critical and Explanatory
2 Kings 5:9,10
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
No JFB commentary on these verses.
Verse 2 Kings 5:9. _CAME WITH HIS HORSES AND WITH HIS CHARIOT_] In very great pomp and state. Closely inspected, this was preposterous enough; a _leper_ sitting in state, and affecting it!...
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...
DOOR. entrance....
_with his horses and with his chariot_ R.V. CHARIOTS. For though the Hebrew word is singular, the sense is -chariotry", i.e., a number of chariots. In attendance on so great a man as Naaman there woul...
AND STOOD AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF ELISHA— Elisha's not appearing to receive the Syrian general, is ascribed by some to the retired course of life which the prophets led; but then, why did he see h...
B. NAAMAN'S CLEANSING 5:8-14 TRANSLATION (8) And it came to pass when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his garments, that he sent onto the king, saying, Why have you tor...
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, ha...
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 r...
WITH HIS HORSES AND WITH HIS CHARIOT. — _Chariots_. (See on 2 Kings 2:11; and comp. 2 Kings 5:15, _infra_.) The proper term for a single chariot is used in 2 Kings 5:21. The magnificence of his retinu...
וַ יָּבֹ֥א נַעֲמָ֖ן _בְּ_†_סוּסָ֣יו_† וּ בְ...
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 Naa...
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...
Reader! do not fail to observe how Naaman came. His gifts were in his hand, and he himself, no doubt, gorgeously dressed, to cover his leprous body. And could he hope that an enemy to Israel, the God...
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...
SO NAAMAN CAME WITH HIS HORSES, AND WITH HIS CHARIOT,.... In his chariot drawn by horses; or "with horsemen and chariots", a great retinue, both for his own grandeur, and for the honour of the prophet...
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. Ver. 9. _And stood at the door._] Where the prophet held him; not out of pride, - as that Pope did t...
_Naaman stood at the door of the house of Elisha_ Waiting for Elisha's coming to him. _And Elisha sent a messenger_, &c. Which he did partly to try and exercise Naaman's faith and obedience; partly fo...
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....
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, with his entire retinue, AND STOOD AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE OF ELISHA, too proud, as it seems, to enter the poor hut, but expecting the prophet to...
THE HEALING OF NAAMAN...
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 prophet...
9-14 Elisha knew Naaman to be a proud man, and he would let him know, that before the great God all men stand upon the same level. All God's commands make trial of men's spirits, especially those whi...
Waiting for Elisha's coming to him....
2 Kings 5:9 Naaman H5283 went H935 (H8799) horses H5483 chariot H7393 stood H5975 (H8799) door H6607 Elishas...
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 Naam...
_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 inter...
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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 5:9 STOOD AT THE DOOR. Naaman clearly expects personal, immediate attention from Elisha. However, Elisha addresses him only through a MESSENGER and sends him to wash in
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 i
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...
2 Kings 3:12; 2 Kings 6:32; Acts 16:29; Acts 16:30; Acts 16:37;...