But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
Ver. 25. Thy servant went no whither.] Another flat lie; sic mendaciuui mendacio assuit; but with ill success. Our false hearts will answer us in like sort, when they have been ranging and roving in hell's ways.
Lest his absence should be noticed, Gehazi hastened, without being called, to appear before his master. In the East it is usual for servants to remain most of the day in their lord’s presence, only qu...
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...
_and stood before his master_ He would let his absence be as little noted as possible. In the East the servants are usually kept in waiting. Hence the phrase -to stand before" is frequent in connexion...
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 HE WENT IN, AND STOOD BEFORE HIS MASTER. AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, WHENCE COMEST THOU, GEHAZI? AND HE SAID, THY SERVANT WENT NO WHITHER._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
BUT HE. — And he himself (after putting away his ill-gotten gains). WENT IN. — Into his master’s chamber. Gehazi was already in the house. STOOD BEFORE. — Came forward to (2 Chronicles 6:12). THY S...
וְ הוּא ־בָא֙ וַ יַּעֲמֹ֣ד אֶל ־אֲדֹנָ֔יו
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...
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...
BUT HE WENT IN, AND STOOD BEFORE HIS MASTER,.... To know his will, and minister to him, as he had used to do, and as if he had never been from the house: AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, WHENCE COMEST THOU,...
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 he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, again lying, THY SERVANT WENT NOWHITHER, literally neither hither nor thither," protestin...
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...
NO WHITHER: _ Heb._ not hither or thither...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 5:25 in H935 (H8802) stood H5975 (H8799) master H113 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) Where...
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...
NO WHITHER Hebrew, "not hither or thither....
2 Kings 5:25 There was a stern justice in the penalty which followed on Gehazi's lie. Naaman's leprosy should go along with his wealth. In grasping at the one, Gehazi had succeeded in inheriting the o...
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...
_Thy servant went no whither._ A LIE STICKS A little newsboy, to sell his paper, told a lie. The matter came up in the Sunday school. “Would you tell a lie for a penny?” asked a young lady teacher of...
_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...
2 Kings 20:14; 2 Kings 5:22; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4; Ezekiel 33:31;...