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Verse 2 Kings 5:27. _THE LEPROSY OF NAAMAN - SHALL CLEAVE UNTO THEE_]
Thou hast got much money, and thou shalt have much to do with it. Thou
hast got Naaman's silver, and thou shalt have Naaman's lepr...
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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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CLEAVE. Elisha's eleventh miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.
A LEPER. One of the nine afflicted with leprosy. See note on Exodus
4:6.
AS SNOW. i.e. completely. leper; but not clean ceremonially. See...
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_The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee_ -Oh heavy
talents of Gehazi", says Bishop Hall, -oh the horror of this one
unchangeable suit … How much better had been a light purse and a
hom...
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THE LEPROSY—OF NAAMAN SHALL CLEAVE UNTO THEE— A sentence which
Gehazi justly deserved, for his crime was aggravated by a greedy
covetousness, which is idolatry, prophanation of God's name, a
downright...
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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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_THE LEPROSY THEREFORE OF NAAMAN SHALL CLEAVE UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THY
SEED FOR EVER. AND HE WENT OUT FROM HIS PRESENCE A LEPER AS WHITE AS
SNOW._
Leper as white as snow - (see the notes at Leviticus...
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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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SHALL CLEAVE. — Or, cleave! i.e., let it cleave. The prophetic
sentence is naturally expressed as an imperative.
A LEPER AS WHITE AS SNOW. — Comp. Exodus 4:6 Numbers 12:10. A sudden
outbreak of lepro...
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וְ צָרַ֤עַת נַֽעֲמָן֙ תִּֽדְבַּק
־בְּךָ֔ וּֽ...
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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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For ever. Not perhaps to those who might be already born, unless they
were accomplices in the crime. The leprosy is hereditary. Giezi was
punished for simony, in selling the miracle, as well as for ly...
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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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REFLECTIONS
READER! though I have already detained you, as we have passed through
this chapter, with several suitable reflections, as they appeared to
my view, and arose in my mind, yet I would call...
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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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THE LEPROSY THEREFORE OF NAAMAN SHALL CLEAVE UNTO THEE, AND UNTO THY
SEED FOR EVER,.... As long as any of his race remained; as through his
covetousness he had his money, so for his punishment he shou...
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The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy
seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper [as white] as
snow.
Ver. 27. _The leprosy therefore of Naaman._] As thou...
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_The leprosy of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and thy seed for ever_
That is, for some generations, as the expression is often used, and as
may be thought by comparing this with Exodus 20:5; Exodus 34...
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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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The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee and unto thy
seed forever. That was God's punishment for his deceit and his
avarice. AND HE WENT OUT FROM HIS PRESENCE A LEPER AS WHITE AS SNOW....
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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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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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AND UNTO THY SEED FOR EVER, i.e. for some generations; or for a long
time, as that word is oft used, and as may be thought by comparing
this with EXODUS 20:5, EXODUS 24:7. HE WENT OUT FROM HIS PRESENC...
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2 Kings 5:27 leprosy H6883 Naaman H5283 cling H1692 (H8799)
descendants H2233 forever H5769 out H3318 (H8799) presen
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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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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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_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
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 2:30; 1 Timothy 6:10; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 5:1; 2 Peter 2:3;
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For ever — That is, for some generations; as that word is often used
and as may be thought by comparing this with Exodus 20:55. (?) White
— Which is the worst kind of leprosy, and noted by physicians...