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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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5:18 Rimmon (e-16) A Syrian idol. down (f-19) Or 'worship.'...
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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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RIMMON] identical with the Assyrian storm-god Ramman....
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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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_(_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...
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לַ † דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֔ה יִסְלַ֥ח
יְהוָ֖ה...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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_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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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 RI...
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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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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...
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2 Kings 5:18 thing H1697 LORD H3068 pardon H5545 (H8799) servant H5650
master H113 goes H935 (H8800) temple...
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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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_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...
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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 Kings 19:18; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 30:19; 2 Kings 17:35;...
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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....