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Verse 2 Kings 5:2. _THE SYRIANS HAD GONE OUT BY COMPANIES_]
גדודים _gedudim,_ _troops_. When _one hundred_ or _two hundred_
men go out by themselves to make prey of whatever they can get, that
is cal...
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No peace had been made on the failure of Ahab’s expedition 1 Kings
22:1. The relations of the two countries therefore continued to be
hostile, and plundering inroads naturally took place on the one si...
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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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COMPANIES. marauding bands. Compare 2 Kings 6:23....
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_had gone out_by _companies_ R.V. IN BANDS. The idea is of plundering
parties, who made forays upon their neighbours. So we have in 2 Kings
6:23, -The _bands_of Syria came no more into the land of Isr...
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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 THE SYRIANS HAD GONE OUT BY COMPANIES, AND HAD BROUGHT AWAY
CAPTIVE OUT OF THE LAND OF ISRAEL A LITTLE MAID; AND SHE WAITED ON
NAAMAN'S WIFE._
A little maid - who had been captured in one of the...
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5:2 on (a-26) Lit. 'was before.'...
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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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THE SYRIANS. — Heb., _Aram_, the word rendered “Syria” in 2
Kings 5:1.
BY COMPANIES. — Or, _in troops_, referring to a marauding incursion
made at some time prior to the events here recorded.
BROUGHT...
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וַ אֲרָם֙ יָצְא֣וּ גְדוּדִ֔ים וַ
יִּשְׁבּ֛וּ...
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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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Robbers; soldiers. (Tirinus) (2 Kings iv. 2.) --- Such invaded the
dominions of Joachin, chap. xxiv. 2. Irruptions of this nature were
then very common, (see Judges xi. 3., and Job i. 15.) and regarde...
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Was there not an overruling providence in the captivity of this
Israelitish damsel? Reader! look at the subject as it really is. The
Lord had a mercy in store for Naaman. He causes, therefore, this
da...
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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 THE SYRIANS HAD GONE OUT BY COMPANIES,.... Not regular troops, but
a sort of banditti of robbers, which made excursions into the land of
Israel, to plunder and carry off what booty they could:
AN...
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_And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on
Naaman's wife._
Ver. 2. A little maid; and she waited on Naaman' s...
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_The Syrians had gone out by companies_ Making inroads into the land
of Israel, to rob and plunder, after the manner of those times. _And
had brought away captive a little maid_ The providence of God...
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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 the Syrians had gone out by companies, on expeditions for the
purpose of making plunder, AND HAD BROUGHT AWAY CAPTIVE OUT OF THE
LAND OF ISRAEL A LITTLE MAID, a young girl; AND SHE WAITED ON NAAMA...
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THE TESTIMONY OF THE SLAVE GIRL...
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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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WAITED:
_ Heb._ was before...
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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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GONE OUT BY COMPANIES; making inroads into the land of Israel to rob
and plunder, after the manner of those times. See 1 SAMUEL 30:8 2
KINGS 13:21, 2 KINGS 24:2. SHE WAITED ON, Heb. was before, i.e. s...
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2 Kings 5:2 Syrians H758 out H3318 (H8804) raids H1416 captive H7617
(H8799) young H6996 girl H5291 land...
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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 Samuel 13:17; 1 Samuel 13:18; 2 Kings 13:20; 2 Kings 6:23; Judges