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Verse 2 Kings 5:17. _SHALL THERE NOT THEN, I PRAY THEE_] This verse is
understood two different ways. I will give them both in a paraphrase:
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1. _Shall there not then be given unto thy servant_ [vi...
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TWO MULES’ BURDEN OF EARTH - This earth, Naaman thought, spread over
a portion of Syrian ground, would hallow and render it suitable for
the worship of Yahweh....
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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...
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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...
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EARTH. soil. Naaman may have heard of Exodus 20:24.
OFFER. prepare. See App-43....
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_And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given_ R.V. IF
NOT, YET I PRAY THEE, LET THERE BE GIVEN. The reason for the variation
lies in a comprehension of the grammatical force of the He...
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TWO MULES BURDEN OF EARTH— He desired the _earth_ of the land,
because he thought it more holy and acceptable to God, and proper for
his service; or that because by this token he would declare his
con...
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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...
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_AND NAAMAN SAID, SHALL THERE NOT THEN, I PRAY THEE, BE GIVEN TO THY
SERVANT TWO MULES' BURDEN OF EARTH? FOR THY SERVANT WILL HENCEFORTH
OFFER NEITHER BURNT OFFERING NOR SACRIFICE UNTO OTHER GODS, BUT...
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5:17 offer (d-29) 'Do' as Deuteronomy 12:27 . see 1 Kings 3:15 ; 1
Kings 18:23 ....
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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...
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TWO MULES' BURDEN OF EARTH] It was believed that a national deity was
intimately connected with the country he protected, so that Naaman,
being desirous of worshipping the LORD (Jehovah) in Syria, wis...
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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...
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SHALL THERE NOT THEN. — Rather, _If not, let there be given, I pray
thee_. LXX., Καὶ εἰ μή.
TWO MULES’ BURDEN OF EARTH? — Literally, _a load of a yoke of
mules’_ (in) _earth._ It was natural for Naama...
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וַ יֹּאמֶר֮ נַעֲמָן֒ וָ לֹ֕א יֻתַּן
־נָ֣א
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mule; ( burdonum,) the offspring of a horse and of an ass. (Menochius)
--- Earth, to make brick for an altar, or to inclose within a box of
brass, as was done in the altar of holocausts in the desert;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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AND NAAMAN SAID, SHALL THERE NOT THEN, I PRAY THEE, BE GIVEN TO THY
SERVANT TWO MULES' BURDEN OF EARTH..... Not that he desired of Elisha
that he would suffer his servant Gehazi to receive a present a...
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And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy
servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth
offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but...
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2 Kin. 5:17. "Two mules'," etc. See Bedford, "Scripture Chron.," p.
627. Thus though he would not allow before that the waters of Israel
were better than the waters of Damascus, yet, having been convi...
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_Two mules' burden of earth_ Wherewith I may make an altar of earth,
as was usual, Exodus 20:24. He desires the earth of this land, because
he thought it more holy and acceptable to God, and proper fo...
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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....
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And Naaman said, in a humble tone, which contrasted strangely with his
former overbearing behavior, SHALL THERE NOT, THEN, I PRAY THEE, BE
GIVEN TO THY SERVANT TWO MULES' BURDEN OF EARTH? FOR THY SERV...
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THE HEALING OF NAAMAN...
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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...
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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...
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TWO MULES BURDEN OF EARTH; wherewith I may make an altar of earth, as
was usual, EXODUS 20:24. He desires the earth of this land, because he
thought it more holy and acceptable to God, and proper for...
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2 Kings 5:17 Naaman H5283 said H559 (H8799) servant H5650 given H5414
(H8714) two H6776 mule-loads H6505...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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
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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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1 Peter 4:3; 1 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Kings 5:12; Acts 26:18; Romans
14:1
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Two mules burden of earth — So he seems to farm the money which he
brought with him, to express how little value he now set upon it. Ten
talents (above three thousand five hundred pounds) in silver, w...