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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 Kings 5:26

Verse 2 Kings 5:26. Went not mine heart with thee] The Chaldee gives this a good turn: By the prophetic spirit it was shown unto me, when the man returned from his chariot to meet thee.

Is it a time to receive money] He gave him farther proof of this all-discerning prophetic spirit in telling him what he designed to do with the money; he intended to set up a splendid establishment, to have men-servants and maid-servants, to have oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, This, as the Chaldee says, he had thought in his heart to do.

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See also 2 Kings 5:26 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE? - i. e. “Was I not with thee in spirit - did I not see the whole transaction, as if I had been present at it?” He uses the verb “went,” because Gehazi has just denied hi...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WENT NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._. Did not my heart beat?...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Went not mine heart_with thee] The Hebrew has nothing to represent the last two words, as will be seen from the italics both of A.V. and R.V. But the rendering is that of the LXX., and is probably co...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE, &C.?— _Was not I present with thee in mind, when the man,_ &c.?—_Thou hast indeed taken money, with which thou mayest buy gardens, and olive-yards,_ &c. Houbigant....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. A JUDICIAL MIRACLE 5:20-27 TRANSLATION (20) But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, Behold my master has spared Naaman this Aramean by not taking from his hand that which he br...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE, WHEN THE MAN TURNED AGAIN FROM HIS CHARIOT TO MEET THEE? IS IT A TIME TO RECEIVE MONEY, AND TO RECEIVE GARMENTS, AND OLIVEYARDS, AND VINEYARDS, AN...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _Is it_ A TIME] The occasion had not been a suitable one for acquiring gain, but for rejoicing over the manifestation of the LORD'S power and graciousness, calculated as it was to awaken the wonder an...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WENT NOT MINE HEART... MEET THEE? — Rather, Nor did my heart (i.e., consciousness) go away, when a man turned (and alighted) from his chariot to meet thee. The prophet, in severe irony, adopts Gehazi’...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ לֹא ־לִבִּ֣י הָלַ֔ךְ כַּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PENALTY OF GREED 2 Kings 5:15 Naaman was so grateful that he came twenty miles out of his way to render thanks to the man of God, bringing a great sum as a gift. Notice his whole-souled desire to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And he said unto him, (n) Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and (o) oliveyards, and vi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Present is not expressed in Hebrew but must be understood. Protestants, "Went not mine heart with thee. " (Haydock) --- God has revealed the whole transaction to me. (Menochius) --- Heart in Scriptur...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It should seem from what Elisha said to Gehazi, concerning oliveyards, and vineyards, and the like, that the prophet not only knew by divine teaching the sin of Gehazi, but the design he had in seekin...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE?.... Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what thou hast done should be hid from me? so Ben Gersom and others; or my heart did not go with the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he said unto him, Went not mine heart [with thee], when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? [Is it] a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards,...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Went not my heart with thee?_ &c. Was not I present with thee in mind, _when the man_, &c. _Is it a time to receive money?_ &c. Was this a fit season for this action? I had but just refused his gifts...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Gehazi's Covetousness...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, his body, indeed, not being present, but his spirit, WHEN THE MAN TURNED AGAIN FROM HIS CHARIOT TO MEET THEE? IS IT A TIME TO RECEIVE MONEY, AND TO...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-27 Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and we read how wise and good they were. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of God, has but one servant, and he proves a base liar. The lo...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WENT NOT MINE HEART WITH THEE? did not my mind. being enlightened by God's Spirit, discern what thou saidst and didst? IS IT A TIME? was this a fit season for this action? I had but newly and obstinat...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 5:26 said H559 (H8799) heart H3820 go H1980 (H8804) man H376 turned H2015 (H8804) chariot...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Gehazi, the servant of Elisha._ GEHAZI The name Gehazi means “valley of vision,” and is appropriate enough if we think of what Gehazi saw as to the nature of wickedness when the prophet opened his...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 5:26 WAS IT A TIME TO ACCEPT...? Just as kings can misuse their power, so can the servants of prophets. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 5:21. HE LIGHTED DOWN FROM THE CHARIOT—Not merely dismounted, but quickly did so _sprang out of_ the chariot, נָפל, to _cast oneself_, to throw oneself, to _r...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 5:3; 1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Corinthians 9:12; 2 Corinthians 11:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Olive yards, &c. — Which Gehazi intended to purchase with this money: and therefore the prophet names them, to inform him, that he exactly knew, not only his outward actions, but even his most secret...

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