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Verse 2 Kings 5:10. _SENT A MESSENGER_] Did not come out to speak with
him: he had got his orders from God, and he transmitted them to Naaman
by his servant.
_WASH IN JORDAN SEVEN TIMES_] The waters...
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Elisha was not deterred from personally meeting Naaman because he was
a leper. He sent a messenger because Naaman had over-estimated his own
importance 2 Kings 5:11), and needed rebuke.
AND WASH IN JO...
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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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GO AND WASH. Compare John 9:7, and other commands: "Go, call" (John
4:16); "Go, sell" (Matthew 19:21).
WASH. bathe (ceremonially). See note on Levitic
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_Elisha sent a messenger unto him_ The princely cavalcade waited at
Elisha's door, but the prophet did not come forth. We need not think
of him as avoiding a leprous person, either from fear of infect...
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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...
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_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....
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5:10 wash (b-11) Or 'bathe.' so vers. 12,13....
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SENT A MESSENGER] cp. 2 Kings 4:13. SEVEN TIMES] The figure probably
stands for an indefinite number (cp. 1 Kings 18:43); but it is
possible that it also had special religious associations (cp. Genesi...
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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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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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ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER. — Avoiding personal contact with a leper.
(Comp. 2 Kings 5:15, where Naaman, when restored, goes in and stands
before the prophet.) Perhaps reverence held back those who consu...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֵלָ֛יו אֱלִישָׁ֖ע
מַלְאָ֣ךְ לֵ...
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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 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...
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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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_Messenger. Eliseus supports the dignity of God's envoy, and shews the
general that his cure was to be attributed, not to the presence of the
prophet, but to the will and goodness of God._...
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And says not the prophet, in this instance, like the gospel? Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, is the sweet
language it proclaims. Go, wash in the blood of the Lamb, not seven...
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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 ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER UNTO HIM,.... Or returned an answer by
Naaman's messenger; he did not go out to him, choosing to be retired,
as he commonly did; and being perhaps employed in prayer for th...
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And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan
seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be
clean.
Ver. 10. _Go and wash in Jordan seven times._] This w...
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_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...
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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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And Elisha, utterly unimpressed by the show of wealth and power, SENT
A MESSENGER UNTO HIM, SAYING, GO AND WASH IN JORDAN SEVEN TIMES, AND
THY FLESH SHALL COME AGAIN TO THEE, return to the former stat...
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THE HEALING OF NAAMAN...
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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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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...
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2 Kings 5:10 Elisha H477 sent H7971 (H8799) messenger H4397 saying
H559 (H8800) Go H1980 (H8800) wash...
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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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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...
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2 Kings 5:10
I. God's cure puts us all on one level. Naaman wanted to be treated
like a great man that happened to be a leper; Elisha treated him like
a leper that happened to be a great man. Christia...
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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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_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...
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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 5:9 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
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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...
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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
i
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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 6:11; 2 Kings 2:21; 2 Kings 3:16; 2 Kings 4:41; 2
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Elisha sent — Which he did, partly, to exercise Naaman's faith and
obedience: partly, for the honour of his religion, that it might
appear he sought not his own glory and profit, but only God's honour...