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Verse 2 Kings 5:8. _LET HIM COME NOW TO ME_] Do not be afflicted; the
matter belongs to me, as the prophet of the Most High; send him to me,
and he shall know that I am such....
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HE SHALL KNOW ... ISRAEL - namely, “That which thou (the king of
Israel) appearest to have forgotten, that there is a prophet - a real
Yahweh prophet - in Israel.”...
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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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MAN OF GOD. See App-49....
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_that he sent to the king_ The prophets of Jehovah were now in no such
peril as they had been in Ahab's days. Elisha has his house in the
royal city, and has no fear of sending a message to the palace...
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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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_AND IT WAS SO, WHEN ELISHA THE MAN OF GOD HAD HEARD THAT THE KING OF
ISRAEL HAD RENT HIS CLOTHES, THAT HE SENT TO THE KING, SAYING,
WHEREFORE HAST THOU RENT THY CLOTHES? LET HIM COME NOW TO ME, AND H...
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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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THERE IS A PROPHET. — With stress on _there is_ (_yçsh_): _scil_.,
as his message pre-supposes.
WHEN ELISHA... HAD HEARD. — He was in Samaria at the time (2 Kings
5:3), and would hear of the coming of...
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וַ יְהִ֞י כִּ שְׁמֹ֣עַ ׀ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע
אִישׁ ־הָ
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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 it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, (e)
Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me,...
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_Israel; able to perform much greater wonders, by God's assistance.
(Menochius)_...
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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 IT WAS SO, WHEN ELISHA THE MAN OF GOD HAD HEARD THAT THE KING OF
ISRAEL HAD RENT HIS CLOTHES,.... And upon what account:
THAT HE SENT TO THE KING, SAYING, WHEREFORE HAST THOU RENT THY
CLOTHES? an...
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And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying,
Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and...
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_Elisha sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy
clothes?_ There is no just occasion for thee to do so. _Let him come
now to me_ It was not for his own honour, but for the honour of God...
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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 it was so, when Elisha, the man of God, had heard that the king of
Israel had rent his clothes, being in despair on account of the
apparently impossible feat which was expected of him, THAT HE SEN...
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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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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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Jehoram had not advised with Elisha, either because the sudden
surprisal made him forget it, or because he hated him, and scorned to
beg any thing from him. WHEREFORE HAST THOU RENT THY CLOTHES? there...
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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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_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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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 17:24; 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 18:37; 2 Kings 1:6; 2 Kings 5:15