George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 5:20
Liveth. How unnecessary was this oath! But the Simoniac has no regard for any thing but money. (Haydock)
Liveth. How unnecessary was this oath! But the Simoniac has no regard for any thing but money. (Haydock)
Verse 2 Kings 5:20. _MY MASTER HATH SPARED - THIS SYRIAN_] He has neither taken any thing from him for himself, nor permitted him to give any thing to me....
THIS SYRIAN - The words are emphatic. Gehazi persuades himself that it is right to spoil a Syrian - that is, a Gentile, and an enemy of Israel. AS THE LORD LIVETH - These words are here a profane oat...
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...
SERVANT. young man. SOMEWHAT. a trifle....
Gehazi's lies and their punishment (Not in Chronicles) 20. _hath spared Naaman this Syrian_ R.V. THIS NAAMAN THE SYRIAN. The pronoun qualifies the whole expression. Gehazi had been in attendance on E...
IV. A JUDICIAL MIRACLE 5:20-27 TRANSLATION (20) But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, Behold my master has spared Naaman this Aramean by not taking from his hand that which he br...
_BUT GEHAZI, THE SERVANT OF ELISHA THE MAN OF GOD, SAID, BEHOLD, MY MASTER HATH SPARED NAAMAN THIS SYRIAN, IN NOT RECEIVING AT HIS HANDS THAT WHICH HE BROUGHT: BUT, AS THE LORD LIVETH, I WILL RUN AFTE...
5:20 servant (a-4) As chs. 4.12; 6.15, &c....
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...
SAID — _i.e.,_ thought. THIS SYRIAN. — He justifies his purpose on the principle of “spoiling the Egyptians.” BUT, AS THE LORD LIVETH, I WILL RUN. — Rather, _by the life of Jehovah, but I will run_....
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י נַעַר֮ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אִישׁ...
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 PENALTY OF GREED 2 Kings 5:15 Naaman was so grateful that he came twenty miles out of his way to render thanks to the man of God, bringing a great sum as a gift. Notice his whole-souled desire to...
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...
I cannot pass over the review of these verses, without desiring the Reader to stop and remark with me, one or two circumstances which deserve our observation. What an awful character was this Gehazi!...
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...
BUT GEHAZI THE SERVANT OF ELISHA THE MAN OF GOD SAID,.... Within himself, observing what had passed: BEHOLD, MY MASTER HATH SPARED NAAMAN THIS SYRIAN, IN NOT RECEIVING AT HIS HANDS THAT WHICH HE BROU...
But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, [as] the LORD liveth, I will run aft...
_Gehazi, the servant of Elisha_ One would have expected that Elisha's servant should have been a saint; but we find him far otherwise. The best men, the best ministers, have often had those about them...
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....
But Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said, thinking in his own heart, BEHOLD, MY MASTER HATH SPARED NAAMAN, THIS SYRIAN, IN NOT RECEIVING AT HIS HANDS THAT WHICH HE BROUGHT, the rich presents ha...
Gehazi's Covetousness...
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...
20-27 Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and we read how wise and good they were. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of God, has but one servant, and he proves a base liar. The lo...
NAAMAN THIS SYRIAN; a stranger, and one of that nation who are the implacable enemies of God's people; whom therefore my master should not have had so much regard to as to the Lord's prophets, who bef...
2 Kings 5:20 Gehazi H1522 servant H5288 Elisha H477 man H376 God H430 said H559 (H8799) master H113 spared...
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...
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...
_Gehazi, the servant of Elisha._ GEHAZI The name Gehazi means “valley of vision,” and is appropriate enough if we think of what Gehazi saw as to the nature of wickedness when the prophet opened his...
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 5:20 I WILL RUN... AND GET SOMETHING FROM HIM. Gehazi tries to profit from the miracle (compare Joshua 7:1;...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 5:21. HE LIGHTED DOWN FROM THE CHARIOT—Not merely dismounted, but quickly did so _sprang out of_ the chariot, נָפל, to _cast oneself_, to throw oneself, to _r...
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...
1 Peter 5:2; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:31
Gehazi — One would expect Elisha's servant should have been a saint: but we find him far otherwise. The best men, the best ministers, have often had those about them, that were their grief and shame....