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2 Kings 5:18

In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon, the chief idol of Syria, to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, namely, while assisting the king in his act of worship: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, not in personal worship, but in serving his master, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. He freely confessed this scruple of a tender conscience, in order not to have it appear that he was denying the Lord whom he now had so openly accepted.

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See also 2 Kings 5:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Kings 5:18. _IN THIS THING THE LORD PARDON THY SERVANT_] It is useless to enter into the controversy concerning this verse. By no rule of right reasoning, nor by any legitimate mode of interp...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Rimmon is known to us as a god only by this passage. The name is connected with a root “to be high.” Hadad-rimmon Zechariah 12:11, the name of a place near Megiddo, points to the identity of Rimmon wi...

  • 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

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the Lord pardon thy servant_ Naaman can see the inconsistency of his conduct. He will offer no more sacrifices to Rimmon. But the king his master worships in Rimmon's temple, and Naaman must be in at...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 366 NAAMAN BOWING IN THE HOUSE OF RIMMON 2 Kings 5:18. _In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IN THIS THING THE LORD PARDON THY SERVANT, &C.— _Rimmon,_ the great idol of the Phoenicians, is by many thought to have been the _sun._ There seems to be no doubt that some of the planets at least wer...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. NAAMAN'S CONVERSION 5:15-19 TRANSLATION (15) And he returned unto the man of God, he and all his company. And he came, and stood before him, and said, Behold, I pray you, I know that there is no G...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _IN THIS THING THE LORD PARDON THY SERVANT, THAT WHEN MY MASTER GOETH INTO THE HOUSE OF RIMMON TO WORSHIP THERE, AND HE LEANETH ON MY HAND, AND I BOW MYSELF IN THE HOUSE OF RIMMON: WHEN I BOW DOWN MYS...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:18 Rimmon (e-16) A Syrian idol. down (f-19) Or 'worship.'...

  • 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

    RIMMON] identical with the Assyrian storm-god Ramman....

  • 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

    _(_18_)_ IN THIS THING. — _Touching this thing_ (but in at the end of the verse). The LXX. and Syriac read, “and touching this thing,” an improvement in the connection. TO WORSHIP. — To bow down (the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לַ † דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֔ה יִסְלַ֥ח יְהוָ֖ה...

  • 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

    In this thing the LORD (i) pardon thy servant, [that] when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow dow...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Remmon, denotes "a pomegranate," or something "elevated," and is probably an epithet of the sun, the chief idol of the Syrians, which was also styled Adad, "one," as both are united, Zacharias xii. 11...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe what a vast work the Lord had wrought upon the heart of this Syrian! The leprosy of his skin was not only washed away, but the leprosy and unbelief of his soul, he is at once convinced that th...

  • 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...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE COMPROMISES OF LIFE_ ‘When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon.’ 2 Kings 5:18 Here we find Naaman making an excuse, it is said, for dissembling his religious convictions, and Elisha accepting...

  • 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

    IN THIS THING THE LORD PARDON THY SERVANT,.... Which he next mentions, and on account of which he desires the prayers of Elisha for him, as the Vulgate Latin version; or it may be, this is a prayer of...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, [that] when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down my...

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

    _When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon_ Or rather, _went_, or _hath gone_, namely, formerly; for the Hebrew text of the whole verse may be properly rendered in the past time, thus: _In this th...

  • 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....

  • 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

    15-19 The mercy of the cure affected Naaman more than the miracle. Those are best able to speak of the power of Divine grace, who themselves experience it. He also shows himself grateful to Elisha th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    RIMMON; a Syrian idol, called here by the LXX. Remman, and ACTS 7:43 _Remphan_. ON MY HAND; or, _arm_, as that word sometimes signifies, both in Scripture and other authors; or, _shoulder_; upon which...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 5:18 thing H1697 LORD H3068 pardon H5545 (H8799) servant H5650 master H113 goes H935 (H8800) temple...

  • 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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    2 Kings 5:17 Here we find Naaman making an excuse, it is said, for dissembling his religious convictions, and Elisha accepting the plea. He is convinced that Jehovah is the true God, but is not prepar...

  • 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

    _In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant._ COMPROMISE Naaman returned to Elisha; full of gratitude and generous recognition of his own error and Elisha’s successful power, he and all his company ca...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • 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 5:18 MAY THE LORD PARDON. Naaman’s dilemma is that he will still be required by his official duties to attend the temple of RIMMON....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • 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 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 30:19; 2 Kings 17:35;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Rimmon — A Syrian idol, called here by the LXX, Remman, and Acts 7:43, Remphan. My hand — Or, arm, upon which, the king leaned, either for state, or for support....

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