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John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 5:6

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have [therewith] sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

Ver. 6. That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy,] sc., By commending him to thy prophet, so famous for his miracles; and by commanding him to cure him.

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See also 2 Kings 5:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT THOU MAYEST RECOVER HIM - literally, “And thou shalt recover him.” The Syrian king presumes that, if there is a cure for leprosy to be had in Israel, the mode of obtaining it will be well known t...

  • 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

    RECOVER.. _Homonym,_ with another meaning, to snatch away or destroy, as in Psalms 26:9 and Jeremiah 16:5. See notes there....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _he brought the letter to the king of Israel_ The Syrian king would conclude that the prophet was at the king's command, and so he had only to write to the king, and all would be done that could be do...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THAT THOU MAYEST RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY— Or, _"That by thy command the prophet who is with thee may cleanse him."_ See 2 Kings 5:3. Kings are often said to _do_ those things which they _command_ t...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND HE BROUGHT THE LETTER TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING, NOW WHEN THIS LETTER IS COME UNTO THEE, BEHOLD, I HAVE THEREWITH SENT NAAMAN MY SERVANT TO THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY._...

  • 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

    THAT THOU MAYEST RECOVER] i.e. by using his influence with the prophet....

  • 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

    NOW. — Heb., _And now_, continuing an omitted passage. Only the principal sentence of the letter is given. The message pre-supposes a not altogether hostile relation between the two kings; and the wor...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּבֵ֣א הַ סֵּ֔פֶר אֶל ־מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖

  • 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 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...

  • 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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • 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 BROUGHT THE LETTER TO THE KING OF ISRAEL, SAYING,.... The contents of which were, so far as it concerned Naaman and his case, which are only observed, these: NOW WHEN THIS LETTER IS COME UNTO...

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

    _Now when this letter is come unto thee_, &c. The beginning of the letter, which, it is likely, contained the usual compliments, is omitted, as not pertinent to the matter in hand. _That thou mayest r...

  • 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

    And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, who since Ahab's defeat was in a certain state of dependence upon the Syrian king, saying, NOW, WHEN THIS LETTER IS COME UNTO THEE, BEHOLD, I HAVE THER...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...

  • 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

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    i.e. Procure his recovery by the means of Elisha, 2 KINGS 5:3,4, whom thou mayest command to use his utmost skill and power herein....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 5:6 brought H935 (H8686) letter H5612 king H4428 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8800) letter H5612 comes...

  • 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 5:1 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...

  • 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

    _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...

  • 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 5:5 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...

  • 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...

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