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Verse 2 Kings 5:22. _AND HE SAID_] שלום _shalom_. _It is peace;
all is_ _right_. This was a common mode of address and answer.
_THERE BE COME TO ME FROM MOUNT EPHRAIM_] There was probably a school
of...
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FROM MOUNT EPHRAIM - Bethel and Gilgal 2 Kings 2:1, at both of which
there were “schools of the prophets,” were situated on Mount
Ephraim.
A TALENT OF SILVER - A large demand in respect of the pretend...
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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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MOUNT EPHRAIM. There were two schools of the prophets there: Beth-el
and Gilgal. Compare 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 2:3....
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_My master hath sent me_ Naaman would naturally rejoice at hearing
that circumstances had wrought for an acceptance of the present, which
for himself the prophet had refused.
_from mount_[R.V. THE HIL...
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DISCOURSE: 367
THE HYPOCRISY OF GEHAZI
2 Kings 5:21. _So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw
him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him,
and said, Is all well?...
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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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_SO GEHAZI FOLLOWED AFTER NAAMAN. AND WHEN NAAMAN SAW HIM RUNNING
AFTER HIM, HE LIGHTED DOWN FROM THE CHARIOT TO MEET HIM, AND SAID, IS
ALL WELL?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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5:22 well. (b-6) Lit. '[Is it] peace? And he said, Peace.'...
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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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MOUNT EPHRAIM] RV 'the hill country of Ephraim.' Bethel and Gilgal,
where there were bodies of 'sons of the prophets' (c. 2), were
situated in this district....
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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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EVEN NOW. — Or, _this moment,_ just.
MOUNT EPHRAIM. — _The hill-country of Ephraim,or highlands of
Ephraim,_ where Gilgal and Bethel were situate.
CHANGES OF GARMENTS. — The same phrase as in 2 King...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ שָׁלֹ֗ום אֲדֹנִי֮
שְׁלָחַ֣נִי 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 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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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!...
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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, ALL IS WELL,.... He need give himself no uneasiness at
the coming and sight of him:
MY MASTER HATH SENT ME, SAYING, BEHOLD, EVEN NOW THERE BE COME TO ME;
just then, since he departed fro...
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And he said, All [is] well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the
sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silve...
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_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...
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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 he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even
now there be come to me from Mount Ephraim two young men of the sons
of the prophets, this statement, of course, being a delibera...
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Gehazi's Covetousness...
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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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This was a very unlikely story; but Naaman was not willing to question
it, but glad of the opportunity of showing his gratitude to the
prophet....
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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 5:20 I WILL RUN... AND GET SOMETHING FROM
HIM. Gehazi tries to profit from the miracle (compare Joshua 7:1;...
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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
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 Kings 13:18; 1 Kings 20:35; 1 Kings 20:39; 2 Corinthians 12:16;...