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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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WENT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._. Did not my heart beat?...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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’...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לֹא ־לִבִּ֣י
הָלַ֔ךְ כַּ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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
Scriptur...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 5:26 said H559 (H8799) heart H3820 go H1980 (H8804) man H376
turned H2015 (H8804) chariot...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2
Corinthians 11:8;...
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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...