1-7 Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy 8-14 Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him 15-19 He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth 20-27 Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy

A.M. 3110 B.C. 894
Naaman Lu 4:27

a great 2Ki 4:8 Ex 11:3 Es 9:4 10:3

with [heb] before
honourable. or, gracious [heb] lifted up, or accepted in countenance

by him Pr 21:31 Isa 10:5,6 Jer 27:5,6 De 2:37 Joh 19:11 Ro 15:18

deliverance. or, cictory
a leper 2Ki 5:27 7:3 Le 13:2,3,44-46 Nu 12:10-12 2Sa 3:29 2Ch 26:19-23 2Co 12:7

2 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.

by companies 2Ki 6:23 13:20 Jud 9:34 1Sa 13:17,18

waited on [heb] was before Ps 123:2

3 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.

Would God Nu 11:29 Ac 26:29 1Co 4:8

with [heb] before
he would 2Ki 5:8 Mt 8:2,3 11:5 Lu 17:12-14

recover him of [heb] gather in

4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

and told his lord 2Ki 7:9-11 Mr 5:19 16:9,10 Joh 1:42-46 4:28,29 1Co 1:26,27

5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

Go to, go Ge 11:3,7 Ec 2:1 Isa 5:5 Jas 4:13 5:1

and took 2Ki 8:8,9 Nu 22:7,17,18 24:11-13 1Sa 9:8 1Ki 13:7 Ac 8:18-20

with him [heb] in his hand
ten talents of silver This, at 353l. 11s. 10:5 d. the talent, would amount to 3535 l. 18s. 9d.

six thousand If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at 1l. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10:925l; and the whole to 14,464l. 18s. 9d.: besides the value of the ten changes of raiment.

ten changes Ge 45:22 Jud 14:12 Jas 5:2,3

6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

that he rent 2Ki 11:14 18:37 19:1 Nu 14:6 Jer 36:24 Mt 26:65 Ac 14:14

Am I God Ge 30:2 De 32:29 1Sa 2:6 Da 2:11 Ho 6:1

see how 1Ki 20:7 Lu 11:54

8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

rent his clothes 2Ki 5:7 2Sa 3:31

let him come 2Ki 5:3,15 1:6 1Ki 17:24 18:36,37

and he shall Ex 11:8 Ro 11:13 Eze 2:5 Ho 12:13

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

2Ki 3:12 6:32 Isa 60:14 Ac 16:29,30,37-39

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Naaman Pr 13:10 Mt 8:8 15:27 Lu 14:11

went away Pr 1:32 Mt 19:22 Joh 6:66-69 13:20 Heb 12:25

Behold Pr 3:7 Isa 55:8,9 Joh 4:48 1Co 1:21-25 2:14-16 3:18-20

I thought, etc. [heb] I said, etc. or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc.

strike [heb] move up and down

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

Abana and Pharpar. or, Amana. This river is evidently the Barrade, or Barada, as the Arabic renders, the Chrysorrhoas of the Greeks, which taking its rise in Antilibanu, runs eastward towards Damascus, where it is divided into three streams, one of which passes through the city, and the other two through the gardens; which reuniting at the east of the city, forms a lake about five or six leagues to the south-east, called Behairat el Marj, or, Lake of the Meadow. Pharpar was probably one of the branches.

better 2Ki 5:17 2:8,14 Jos 3:15-17 Eze 47:1-8 Zec 13:1 14:8 Mr 1:9

13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

his servants 2Ki 5:3 1Sa 25:14-17 1Ki 20:23,31 Job 32:8,9 Jer 38:7-10

My father 2Ki 2:12 6:21 13:14 Ge 41:43 Mal 1:6 Mt 23:9 1Co 4:15

how much rather 1Co 1:21,27

Wash 2Ki 5:10 Ps 51:2,7 Isa 1:16 Joh 13:8 Ac 22:16 Eph 5:26,27 Tit 3:5 Heb 10:22 1Pe 3:21 Re 7:14

14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

went he down Job 31:13 Pr 9:9 25:11,12 Eze 47:1-9 Zec 13:1 14:8

according to 2Ch 20:20 Joh 2:5 Heb 11:7,8

his flesh 2Ki 5:10 Job 33:25

and he was clean Lu 4:27 5:13 Tit 2:14

15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

he returned Lu 17:15-18

now I know 2Ki 5:8 Jos 2:9-11 9:9,24 1Sa 17:46,47 1Ki 18:36 Isa 43:10,11 Isa 44:6,8 45:6 Jer 10:10,11 16:19-21 Da 2:47 3:29 4:34 6:26,27 Ro 10:10

a blessing Ge 33:11 1Sa 25:27 2Co 9:5

16 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.

As the Lord 2Ki 3:14 1Ki 17:1 18:15

I will receive 2Ki 5:20,26 Ge 14:22,23 1Ki 13:8 Da 5:17 Mt 10:8 Ac 8:18-20 20:33-35 1Co 6:12 10:32,33 2Co 11:9,10 12:14

17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

of earth 2Ki 5:12 Ro 14:1

will henceforth Ac 26:18 1Th 1:9 1Pe 4:3

18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.

and he leaneth This verse should probably, as many learned men have supposed, be read in the {past}, and not in the {future} tense: `In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master {went} into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he {leaned} on my hand, and I {worshipped} in the house of Rimmon; in that I have {worshipped} in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.'

Rimmon is supposed by Selden to the same with {Elion}, a god of the Phoenicians, borrowed undoubtedly from the {Elyon} of the Hebrews, one of the names of God. 2Ki 7:2,17

and I bow 2Ki 17:35 Ex 20:5 1Ki 19:18

the Lord pardon 2Ch 30:18,19 Jer 50:20

19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

he said Mt 9:16,17 Joh 16:12 1Co 3:2 Heb 5:13,14

Go in peace Ex 4:18 1Sa 1:17 25:35 Mr 5:34 Lu 7:50 8:48

little way [heb] a little piece of ground Ge 35:16

20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.

Gehazi 2Ki 4:12,31,36 Mt 10:4 Joh 6:70 12:6 13:2 Ac 8:18,19

my master Pr 26:16 Lu 16:8 Joh 12:5,6 Ac 5:2

as the Lord liveth 2Ki 6:31 Ex 20:7 1Sa 14:39

and take Ex 20:17 Ps 10:3 Jer 22:17 Hab 2:9 Lu 12:15 1Ti 6:9-11 2Ti 4:10 Tit 1:7 1Pe 5:2 2Pe 2:14,15

21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

he lighted Lu 7:6,7 Ac 8:31 10:25,26

Is all well [heb] is there peace? 2Ki 4:26 9:17-22

22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.

My master 1Ki 13:18 Isa 59:3 Jer 9:3,5 Joh 8:44 Ac 5:3,4 Re 21:8

the sons 2Ki 2:3 1Ki 20:35

give them 2Co 12:16-18

a talent 2Ki 5:5 Ex 38:24-28 1Ki 20:39

23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

Be content 1Ki 20:7 Lu 11:54

And he urged him 2Ki 5:16 2:17

bound 2Ki 12:10

and they bare Isa 30:6

24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.

tower. or, secret place
and bestowed Jos 7:1,11,12,21 1Ki 21:16 Isa 29:15 Hab 2:6 Zec 5:3,4

25 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.

stood before Pr 30:20 Eze 33:31 Mt 26:15,16,21-15 Joh 13:2,26-30

Whence 2Ki 20:14 Ge 3:8,9 4:9 16:8

Thy servant 2Ki 5:22 Ac 5:3,4

no whither [heb] not hither or thither

26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

he said Ps 63:11 Pr 12:19,22 Ac 5:9

Went 2Ki 6:12 1Co 5:3 Col 2:5

Is it a time 2Ki 5:15 Ge 14:23 Ec 3:1-8 Mt 10:8 Ac 20:33,35 1Co 9:11,12 2Co 11:8-12 2Th 3:8,9

27 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.

leprosy 2Ki 5:1 Jos 7:25 Isa 59:2,3 Ho 10:13 Mal 2:3,4,8,9 Mt 27:3-5 Ac 5:5,10 8:20 1Ti 6:10 2Pe 2:3

unto thy seed 1Sa 2:30-36 2Sa 3:29

a leper 2Ki 15:5 Ex 4:6 Nu 12:10