열왕기하 5:18-19 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 5:18

In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant. Naaman is not prepared to be a martyr for his religion. On returning to Damascus, it will be among his civil duties to accompany his master to the national temples, and to prostrate himself before the images of the national deities. If he declines, if (like an early Christian) he will not enter "the house of devils," much less bow down before the graven image of a false god, it may cost him his life; it will certainly cost him his court favor. For... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 5:19

And he said unto him; Go in peace. Elisha declared neither that God would nor that he would net forgive Naaman his departure from the path of strict right. He was not called upon to give an answer, since Naaman had not put a question, but had only expressed a wish. His Go in peace is to be taken simply as "wishing the departing Syrian the peace of God upon the road." So Keil, rightly. So he departed from him a little way. Naaman left the presence of Elisha, quitted Samaria, and had gone a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 5:18

Rimmon is known to us as a god only by this passage. The name is connected with a root “to be high.” Hadad-rimmon Zechariah 12:11, the name of a place near Megiddo, points to the identity of Rimmon with Hadad, who is known to have been the Sun, the chief object of worship to the Syrians.When he leaneth on mine hand - The practice of a monarch’s “leaning on the hand” of an attendant was not common in the East (compare the marginal reference). It probably implied age or infirmity.The Lord pardon... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 5:19

So he departed ... - This clause should not be separated from the succeeding verse. The meaning is, “So he departed from him, and had gone a little way, when Gehazi bethought himself of what he would do, and followed after him.” read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 5:18

2 Kings 5:18. When my master goeth into the house of Rimmon Or rather, went, or hath gone, namely, formerly; for the Hebrew text of the whole verse may be properly rendered in the past time, thus: 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 bowed myself in the house of Rimmon; when I bowed myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. Rimmon, it must be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:1-27

More miracles of care (5:1-6:7)Syria was Israel’s most powerful neighbour during Elisha’s lifetime, and was a constant source of trouble around Israel’s borders. When the Syrian army commander Naaman approached the king of Israel with a request to be treated for leprosy, the king of Israel interpreted this as a trick by Syria aimed at creating war (5:1-7). Elisha, however, saw it as an opportunity to reveal God’s power to the military commander whom God was preserving to lead Syria against... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 5:18

Simmon. The Assyrian storm-god Ramman. worship = bow down himself. leaneth. Compare 2Ki 7:2 , 2 Kings 7:17 . the LORD pardon = Jehovah pardon. Some codices add "I pray thee", but marked "to be cancelled". read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 5:19

Go in peace. God's servants are not "directors of conscience", but ministers of His Word. To have sanctioned it would have recognized idolatry. To have forbidden it would have put Naaman under a yoke to Elisha. It was for Naaman to decide whether he could do this thing, and be at "peace". a little way. A phrase found only here and Genesis 35:16 with Genesis 48:7 . = a stone's throw. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 5:18

2 Kings 5:18. In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, &c.— Rimmon, the great idol of the Phoenicians, is by many thought to have been the sun. There seems to be no doubt that some of the planets at least were worshipped under this name. As Naaman in the preceding verses has declared that he will worship no other god than Jehovah, there seems to be much plausibility in that translation of this verse which has been given by some learned men, and approved by many: In this thing the Lord... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 5:18

18. goeth into the house of Rimmon—a Syrian deity; probably the sun, or the planetary system, of which a pomegranate (Hebrew, Rimmon) was the symbol. leaneth on my hand—that is, meaning the service which Naaman rendered as the attendant of his sovereign. Elisha's prophetic commission not extending to any but the conversion of Israel from idolatry, he makes no remark, either approving or disapproving, on the declared course of Naaman, but simply gives the parting benediction ( :-). :-. GEHAZI,... read more