Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 5:23
He urged him, who at first refused it upon a pretence of modesty and obedience to his master's command.
He urged him, who at first refused it upon a pretence of modesty and obedience to his master's command.
Verse 2 Kings 5:23. _HE - BOUND TWO TALENTS OF SILVER_] It required two servants to carry these two talents, for, according to the computation above, each talent was about 120lbs. weight....
BE CONTENT - i. e. “consent.”...
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...
TAKE. accept. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and accept"....
_bound two talents of silver in two bags_ The money was put into the bag, and the opening tied up. The word translated -bags" (LXX., θύλακοι) occurs in the list of female finery in Isaiah 3:22 and is...
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 NAAMAN SAID, BE CONTENT, TAKE TWO TALENTS. AND HE URGED HIM, AND BOUND TWO TALENTS OF SILVER IN TWO BAGS, WITH TWO CHANGES OF GARMENTS, AND LAID THEM UPON TWO OF HIS SERVANTS; AND THEY BARE THEM...
BE CONTENT] i.e. consent: cp. 2 Kings 6:3....
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...
BE CONTENT. — Be willing, consent to take. The Vatican LXX. omits; the Alexandrian renders αὐτοῦ, owing to a transposition of the Hebrew letters (hălô’ for _hô’êl_). BOUND. — Deuteronomy 14:25. BAGS...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר נַעֲמָ֔ן הֹואֵ֖ל קַ֣ח כִּכָּרָ֑יִם...
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...
_Him. The weight must have been considerable, (6000 sicles, ver. 26., and Exodus xxxviii. 25.; Haydock) otherwise Giezi would have preferred carrying them himself, that his master might not know. (Cal...
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...
AND NAAMAN SAID, BE CONTENT,.... Or be pleased; do not object to it: TAKE TWO TALENTS: a talent for each young man, which amounted to between three hundred and four hundred pounds apiece: AND HE URG...
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid [them] upon two of his servants; and they bare [the...
_He lighted down from his chariot to meet him_ Thereby testifying his great respect to the prophet his master, _He said My master hath sent me_, &c. This story of Gehazi was a very unlikely one: Naama...
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 Naaman said, Be content, let yourself be persuaded, be pleased to accept, TAKE TWO TALENTS. AND HE URGED HIM, AND BOUND TWO TALENTS OF SILVER IN TWO BAGS, probably basket-like sacks, WITH TWO CHAN...
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...
2 Kings 5:23 Naaman H5283 said H559 (H8799) Please H2974 (H8685) take H3947 (H8798) talents H3603 urged...
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...
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 Kings 20:7; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 2:17; 2 Kings 5:16; Isaiah 30:6;...
Urged him — Who at first refused it upon a pretence of modesty....