NAAMAN. Note the five servants in this chapter: 1. The King's servant (Naaman) 2 Kings 5:1. 2. Naaman's wife's servant (the maid), 2 Kings 5:2. 3. Jehovah's servant (Elisha), 2 Kings 5:8. 4. Naaman's servants (2 Kings 5:13). 5. The Prophet's servant (Gehazi), 2 Kings 5:20. WAS. had come to be. BY... [ Continue Reading ]
COMPANIES. marauding bands. Compare 2 Kings 6:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOULD GOD, &C. Figure of speech _Ejaculatio._ App-6. IN SAMARIA. This is the girl's expression. Samaria was where she had heard of him.... [ Continue Reading ]
KING OF ISRAEL. Probably Jehoram. TALENTS. See App-51. CHANGES OF RAIMENT. See Genesis 45:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
RECOVER.. _Homonym,_ with another meaning, to snatch away or destroy, as in Psalms 26:9 and Jeremiah 16:5. See notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
AM. GOD... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (the Creator). App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN OF GOD. See App-49.... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
GO AND WASH. Compare John 9:7, and other commands: "Go, call" (John 4:16); "Go, sell" (Matthew 19:21). WASH. bathe (ceremonially). See note on Leviticus 14:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
I THOUGHT. Compare 2 Kings 5:15, "Now. know". Human thought and Divine certitude. STRIKE. wave, move, or pass.... [ Continue Reading ]
ARE NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. ABANA. Some codices, and three early printed editions, read "Amana". RIVERS. Hebrew. _nahar_, an ever-flowing stream. (Not _nahal,_. summer stream.) Rising in Mount Hermon and losing themselves in. lake near Damascus. DAMASCUS. Used of the district,... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS. Again used by God. Compare verses: 2 Kings 5:2. MY FATHER.. title of honour and affection.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME AGAIN. The tenth miracle of Elisha. See note on 2 Kings 2:15. CHILD. boy.... [ Continue Reading ]
RETURNED. About thirty miles. NOW. KNOW. Compare "Behold,. thought", 2 Kings 5:11. TAKE. accept. BLESSING. a present. Compare Genesis 33:11.Judges 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE, &C.. phrase referring to priesthood, for the sacrifices Naaman speaks of (2 Kings 5:17).... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH. soil. Naaman may have heard of Exodus 20:24. OFFER. prepare. See App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIMMON. The Assyrian storm-god Ramman. WORSHIP. bow down himself. leaneth. Compare 2Ki 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17. THE LORD PARDON. Jehovah pardon. Some codices add "I pray thee", but marked "to be cancelled".... [ Continue Reading ]
GO IN PEACE. God's servants are not "directors of conscience", but ministers of His Word. To have sanctioned it would have recognized idolatry. To have forbidden it would have put Naaman under. yoke to Elisha. It was for Naaman to decide whether he could do this thing, and be at "peace". A LITTLE W... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANT. young man. SOMEWHAT. a trifle.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS ALL WELL? Hebrew Is it peace?... [ Continue Reading ]
MOUNT EPHRAIM. There were two schools of the prophets there: Beth-el and Gilgal. Compare 2 Kings 2:1; 2 Kings 2:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE. accept. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and accept".... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._. Did not my heart beat?... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEAVE. Elisha's eleventh miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15. A LEPER. One of the nine afflicted with leprosy. See note on Exodus 4:6. AS SNOW. i.e. completely. leper; but not clean ceremonially. See note on Leviticus 13:13.... [ Continue Reading ]