2 Kings 5:13

Came near. — Comp. Genesis 18:23.

My father. — A title implying at once respect and affection. (Comp. 1 Samuel 24:11; 2 Kings 6:21.) Perhaps, however, the word is a corruption of ’im (“if”), which is otherwise not expressed in the Hebrew.

Great thing. — Emphatic in the Hebrew.

Wouldest thou not have done? — Or,wouldest thou not do?

He saith. — He hath said.

Be clean? — i.e., thou shalt be clean: a common Hebrew idiom.