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Verse 2 Kings 5:3. _WOULD GOD MY LORD_] אחלי _achaley, I wish_;
or, as the Chaldee, Syrian, and Arabic have, "_Happy would it be_ for
my master if he were with the prophet," c.
Here the mystery of t...
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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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WOULD GOD, &C. Figure of speech _Ejaculatio._ App-6.
IN SAMARIA. This is the girl's expression. Samaria was where she had
heard of him....
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_Would God_ This interjection is found only here and in Psalms 119:5.
There it is rendered - _O that_my ways were directed".
_the prophet that_is _in Samaria_ Elisha had a house in the city of
Samaria...
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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...
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_AND SHE SAID UNTO HER MISTRESS, WOULD GOD MY LORD WERE WITH THE
PROPHET THAT IS IN SAMARIA! FOR HE WOULD RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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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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WOULD GOD. — _O that! ’Ahalê_ here; in Psalms 119:5, _’Ahalay_.
The word seems to follow the analogy of _’ashrê_, “O the bliss
of!” (Psalms 1:1). It perhaps means “O the delight of!” the root
_’ahal_...
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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 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...
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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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And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the (b)
prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
(b) Meaning Elisha....
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I cannot but request the Reader's attention with me, to the story of
this case of Naaman altogether, because I conceive that it is
intended, in a spiritual sense, to set forth both the grace, and the...
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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 SHE SAID UNTO HER MISTRESS,.... As she was waiting upon her at a
certain time, and perhaps her mistress was lamenting the case of her
husband as desperate and incurable:
WOULD GOD MY LORD WERE WI...
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And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord [were] with the
prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
Ver. 3. _For he would recover him of his leprosy._] Few in Isr...
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_Would God my Lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria_ In the
kingdom of Samaria; or, rather, in the city of Samaria; where Elisha
was when she was taken, and where he commonly resided, though h...
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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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THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...
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And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord, Naaman, were with
the prophet that is in Samaria, for Elisha had his home there, FOR HE
WOULD RECOVER HIM OF HIS LEPROSY, so that be would be healed...
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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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WITH:
_ Heb._ before
RECOVER:
gather in...
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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...
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IN SAMARIA; either, first, In the kingdom of Samaria. Or, secondly, In
the city of Samaria; where he was when she was taken; or where he
commonly resided, though he went to other places, as need requi...
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2 Kings 5:3 said H559 (H8799) mistress H1404 only H305 master H113
with H6440 prophet H5030 Samaria H8111 For...
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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 5:1
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...
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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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_And the Syrians had gone out by companies._
THE HEBREW MAID
I. Her faith in God. Plainly she had very strong faith; and it was of
the right sort. For there are wrong kinds of faith. Mere belief even...
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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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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...
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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 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Kings 5:8; Acts 26:29; Luke 17:12; Matthew 11:5;