Bible Commentary

And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. 19. Go in peace ] We are not to consider this answer as implying that service of God and service of Rimmon might be combined without any incongruity. The prophet appears rather to be willing to leave the good … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:19”

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. 18. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:18”

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. 17. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given ] R.V. If not, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:17”

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. 16. 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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:16”

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. 15 19. Naaman’s gratitude. His imperfect … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:15”

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. 14. Then went he down ] His rage had first gone down, and thus he was in a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:14”

And his servants came near, and spoke 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? 13. his servants came near ] As the chief ministers of the king … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:13”

[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. 12. Are not Abana [R.V. Abanah ] and Pharpar, rivers [R.V. the rivers ] of Damascus ] There is a marginal reading … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:12”

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. 11. But Naaman was wroth ] He had expected that his wish would … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:11”

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. 10. Elisha sent a messenger unto him ] The princely cavalcade waited at Elisha’s door, but the prophet did not come forth. We need not think of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 5:10”