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Verse 2 Kings 5:5. _THE KING OF SYRIA SAID_] He judged it the best
mode of proceeding to send immediately to the _king_, under whose
control he supposed the prophet must be, that he would order the
pr...
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SIX THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD - Rather, “six thousand shekels of
gold.” Coined money did not exist as yet, and was not introduced
into Judea until the time of Cyrus. Gold was carried in bars, from
which...
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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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KING OF ISRAEL. Probably Jehoram.
TALENTS. See App-51.
CHANGES OF RAIMENT. See Genesis 45:22....
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_Go to, go_ Naaman was so valued by the king that not a moment must be
lost, but he must start to seek for his cure at once.
_I will send a letter_ There must have existed at this time such
relations...
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HE—TOOK WITH HIM TEN TALENTS OF SILVER, &C.— See on 1 Kings 14:3
concerning the presents of eatables; besides which, in other cases the
presents that anciently were, and of late have been, wont to be...
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III. A MIRACLE ON BEHALF OF AN ARAMEAN GENERAL 5:1-19
The account of the healing of the leprous Naaman moves through three
stages which may be labeled (1) Naaman's condition (2 Kings 5:1-7),
(2) Naama...
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_AND THE KING OF SYRIA SAID, GO TO, GO, AND I WILL SEND A LETTER UNTO
THE KING OF ISRAEL. AND HE DEPARTED, AND TOOK WITH HIM TEN TALENTS OF
SILVER, AND SIX THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, AND TEN CHANGES OF...
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THE KING OF ISRAEL] probably Jehoram. TEN TALENTS] A talent was a
weight of 96 lb. _PIECES_ OF GOLD] probably shekels, and so in 2 Kings
6:25, a shekel being a weight of 224 grains.
CHANGES OF RAIMEN...
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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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GO TO, GO. — _Depart thou_ (thither), _enter_ (the land of Israel).
A LETTER. — Written, probably, in that old Aramean script of which
we have examples on Assyrian seals of the eighth century B.C., a...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ ־אֲרָם֙ לֶךְ
־בֹּ֔א וְ
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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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And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he departed, and (d) took with him ten talents
of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten change...
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_Raiment; the tunic and the cloak, (Calmet) of a finer sort.
(Tirinus)_...
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Reader! observe the different conduct induced by nature and grace in
the minds of men. When the king of Israel received this letter,
nature, untaught of God, made an alarming interpretation. When
Heze...
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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 THE KING OF SYRIA SAID, GO TO, GO,.... On what Naaman related to
him from what the maid had said, he urged him by all means to go
directly to Samaria:
AND I WILL SEND A LETTER UNTO THE KING OF IS...
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And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of
silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes of...
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_The king said, I will send a letter to the king of Israel_ It was
very natural for a king to suppose that the king of Israel could do
more than any of his subjects. _He took with him ten talents of
s...
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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 the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto
the king of Israel. He was very anxious to have Naaman restored to his
former health and vigor. AND HE, Naaman, DEPARTED, AND TOOK...
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THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...
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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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WITH HIM:
_ Heb._ in his hand...
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1-8 Though the Syrians were idolaters, and oppressed God's people,
yet the deliverance of which Naaman had been the means, is here
ascribed to the Lord. Such is the correct language of Scripture, whi...
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THE KING OF ISRAEL; Jehoram the son of Ahab, 2 KINGS 3:1. I WILL SEND
A LETTER UNTO THE KING OF ISRAEL, desiring him to obtain this favour
from the prophet. TEN TALENTS OF SILVER, AND SIX THOUSAND PIE...
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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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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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_And the King of Syria said, Go to, Go._
THE PROBLEM OF NAAMAN THE LEPER
Naaman the Syrian was a brave, intelligent, resourceful, and
successful soldier, but he was a leper. And that “but” was the fl...
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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 5:5 A LETTER TO THE KING OF ISRAEL. There is
an uneasy truce between Syria and Israel. There is sufficient tension,
however, for Israel’s king to be concerned that Syria’s king...
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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 Kings 13:7; 1 Kings 22:3; 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 8:9;...
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Go to, &c. — It was very natural for a king to suppose, that the
king of Israel could do more than any of his subjects....