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 silver, &c. That he might honourably reward the prophet, in case he should be cured by him. But it was a vast sum that he took for this purpose; for if they were Hebrew talents, the silver only amounted to four thousand five hundred pounds sterling.
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...
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...
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...
KING OF ISRAEL. Probably Jehoram. TALENTS. See App-51. CHANGES OF RAIMENT. See Genesis 45:22....
_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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 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...
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...
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...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ ־אֲרָם֙ לֶךְ ־בֹּ֔א וְ
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 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...
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...
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...
_Raiment; the tunic and the cloak, (Calmet) of a finer sort. (Tirinus)_...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...
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...
WITH HIM: _ Heb._ in his hand...
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...
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...
2 Kings 5:5 king H4428 Syria H758 said H559 (H8799) Go H3212 (H8798) H935 (H8798) send...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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 13:7; 1 Kings 22:3; 1 Samuel 9:8; 2 Kings 8:8; 2 Kings 8:9;...
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....