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Lest his absence should be noticed, Gehazi hastened, without being
called, to appear before his master. In the East it is usual for
servants to remain most of the day in their lord’s presence, only
qu...
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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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_and stood before his master_ He would let his absence be as little
noted as possible. In the East the servants are usually kept in
waiting. Hence the phrase -to stand before" is frequent in connexion...
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IV. A JUDICIAL MIRACLE 5:20-27
TRANSLATION
(20) But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, Behold
my master has spared Naaman this Aramean by not taking from his hand
that which he br...
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_BUT HE WENT IN, AND STOOD BEFORE HIS MASTER. AND ELISHA SAID UNTO
HIM, WHENCE COMEST THOU, GEHAZI? AND HE SAID, THY SERVANT WENT NO
WHITHER._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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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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וְ הוּא ־בָא֙ וַ יַּעֲמֹ֣ד אֶל
־אֲדֹנָ֔יו
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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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It should seem from what Elisha said to Gehazi, concerning oliveyards,
and vineyards, and the like, that the prophet not only knew by divine
teaching the sin of Gehazi, but the design he had in seekin...
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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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BUT HE WENT IN, AND STOOD BEFORE HIS MASTER,.... To know his will, and
minister to him, as he had used to do, and as if he had never been
from the house:
AND ELISHA SAID UNTO HIM, WHENCE COMEST THOU,...
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But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him,
Whence [comest thou], Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no
whither.
Ver. 25. _Thy servant went no whither._] Another flat li...
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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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Gehazi's Covetousness...
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But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him,
Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, again lying, THY SERVANT WENT
NOWHITHER, literally neither hither nor thither," protestin...
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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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NO WHITHER:
_ Heb._ not hither or thither...
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20-27 Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and
we read how wise and good they were. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of
God, has but one servant, and he proves a base liar. The lo...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 5:25 in H935 (H8802) stood H5975 (H8799) master H113 Elisha
H477 said H559 (H8799) Where...
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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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NO WHITHER
Hebrew, "not hither or thither....
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2 Kings 5:25
There was a stern justice in the penalty which followed on Gehazi's
lie. Naaman's leprosy should go along with his wealth. In grasping at
the one, Gehazi had succeeded in inheriting the o...
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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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_Thy servant went no whither._
A LIE STICKS
A little newsboy, to sell his paper, told a lie. The matter came up in
the Sunday school. “Would you tell a lie for a penny?” asked a
young lady teacher of...
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_Gehazi, the servant of Elisha._
GEHAZI
The name Gehazi means “valley of vision,” and is appropriate
enough if we think of what Gehazi saw as to the nature of wickedness
when the prophet opened his...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 5:21. HE LIGHTED DOWN FROM THE CHARIOT—Not merely
dismounted, but quickly did so _sprang out of_ the chariot, נָפל,
to _cast oneself_, to throw oneself, to _r...
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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
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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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2 Kings 20:14; 2 Kings 5:22; Acts 5:3; Acts 5:4; Ezekiel 33:31;...