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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

2 Kings 5:16

Verse 2 Kings 5:16. I will receive none.] It was very common to give presents to all great and official men; and among these, prophets were always included: but as it might have appeared to the Syrians that he had taken the offered presents as a remuneration for the cure performed, he refused; for as God alone did the work, he alone should have all the glory.

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See also 2 Kings 5:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I WILL RECEIVE NONE - The prophets were in the habit of receiving presents from those who consulted them 1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Kings 14:3, but Elisha refused. It was important that Naaman should not suppose...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEFORE, &C.. phrase referring to priesthood, for the sacrifices Naaman speaks of (2 Kings 5:17)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I will receive none_ Just as in the earlier part of his conduct Elisha had done everything to direct Naaman's attention to Jehovah alone as the healer of his disease; so now he will have no gift for...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT HE SAID, AS THE LORD LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND, I WILL RECEIVE NONE. AND HE URGED HIM TO TAKE IT; BUT_ _ HE REFUSED._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    BUT. — And (both times). I WILL RECEIVE NONE. — Theodoret compares our Lord’s “Freely ye have received, freely give” (Matthew 10:8). (Comp. Acts 8:20.) Such may have been Elisha’s feeling. His refusal...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֕אמֶר חַי ־יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר ־עָמַ֥דְתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; (h) but he refused. (h) So the Lord commands that they that receive freely, should also giv...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT HE SAID, AS THE LORD LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND,.... Whose minister and prophet he was, and by whom he swears: I WILL RECEIVE NONE: to let him know that this cure was not to be attributed to him...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused. Ver. 16. _Before whom I stand._] As his menial servant, being θεοφορος, _i....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He said, As the Lord liveth, I will receive none_ Not that he thought it unlawful to receive presents, which he did receive from others; but because of the special circumstances of the case, it being...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, as His humble and devoted servant, I WILL RECEIVE NONE. AND HE URGED HIM TO TAKE IT; BUT HE REFUSED, not wishing to have even the suspicion of sel...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HEALING OF NAAMAN...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Not that he thought it simply unlawful to receive gifts or presents, which he did receive from others, 2 KINGS 4:42, but because of the special circumstances of the present case; this being much for t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Kings 5:16 said H559 (H8799) LORD H3068 lives H2416 before H6440 stand H5975 (H8804) receive H3947 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant._ NAAMAN’S MONEY This chapter contains valuable lessons concerning money; how the servants of God ought to use and to regard it. Some of ou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 5:16 I WILL RECEIVE NONE. For Elisha to accept a gift would have suggested that he had performed the miracle by his own power. ⇐

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 10:32; 1 Corinthians 10:33; 1 Corinthians 6:12; 1 Kings 13:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He refused — Not that he thought it unlawful to receive presents, which he did receive from others, but because of the special circumstances of the case; this being much for the honour of God that the...

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