Present is not expressed in Hebrew but must be understood. Protestants, "Went not mine heart with thee. " (Haydock) --- God has revealed the whole transaction to me. (Menochius) --- Heart in Scripture, often denotes the spirit or soul. (Haydock)
Verse 2 Kings 5:26. _WENT NOT MINE HEART_ WITH THEE] The _Chaldee_ gives this a good turn: _By the prophetic spirit it was shown unto me, when_ _the man returned from his chariot to meet thee_. Is i...
WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE? - i. e. “Was I not with thee in spirit - did I not see the whole transaction, as if I had been present at it?” He uses the verb “went,” because Gehazi has just denied hi...
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...
WENT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._. Did not my heart beat?...
_Went not mine heart_with thee] The Hebrew has nothing to represent the last two words, as will be seen from the italics both of A.V. and R.V. But the rendering is that of the LXX., and is probably co...
WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE, &C.?— _Was not I present with thee in mind, when the man,_ &c.?—_Thou hast indeed taken money, with which thou mayest buy gardens, and olive-yards,_ &c. Houbigant....
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...
_AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE, WHEN THE MAN TURNED AGAIN FROM HIS CHARIOT TO MEET THEE? IS IT A TIME TO RECEIVE MONEY, AND TO RECEIVE GARMENTS, AND OLIVEYARDS, AND VINEYARDS, AN...
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...
_Is it_ A TIME] The occasion had not been a suitable one for acquiring gain, but for rejoicing over the manifestation of the LORD'S power and graciousness, calculated as it was to awaken the wonder an...
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...
WENT NOT MINE HEART... MEET THEE? — Rather, Nor did my heart (i.e., consciousness) go away, when a man turned (and alighted) from his chariot to meet thee. The prophet, in severe irony, adopts Gehazi’...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לֹא ־לִבִּ֣י הָלַ֔ךְ כַּ
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...
And he said unto him, (n) Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and (o) oliveyards, and vi...
It should seem from what Elisha said to Gehazi, concerning oliveyards, and vineyards, and the like, that the prophet not only knew by divine teaching the sin of Gehazi, but the design he had in seekin...
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 HE SAID UNTO HIM, WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE?.... Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what thou hast done should be hid from me? so Ben Gersom and others; or my heart did not go with the...
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards,...
_Went not my heart with thee?_ &c. Was not I present with thee in mind, _when the man_, &c. _Is it a time to receive money?_ &c. Was this a fit season for this action? I had but just refused his gifts...
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....
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, his body, indeed, not being present, but his spirit, WHEN THE MAN TURNED AGAIN FROM HIS CHARIOT TO MEET THEE? IS IT A TIME TO RECEIVE MONEY, AND TO...
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...
WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE? did not my mind. being enlightened by God's Spirit, discern what thou saidst and didst? IS IT A TIME? was this a fit season for this action? I had but newly and obstinat...
2 Kings 5:26 said H559 (H8799) heart H3820 go H1980 (H8804) man H376 turned H2015 (H8804) chariot...
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 5:26 WAS IT A TIME TO ACCEPT...? Just as kings can misuse their power, so can the servants of prophets. ⇐...
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 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 11:8;...
Olive yards, &c. — Which Gehazi intended to purchase with this money: and therefore the prophet names them, to inform him, that he exactly knew, not only his outward actions, but even his most secret...