열왕기하 5:5, 열왕기하 5:9 KRV

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

2 Kings 5:5. The king said, I will send a letter to the king of Israel It was very natural for a king to suppose that the king of Israel could do more than any of his subjects. He took with him ten talents of silver, &c. That he might honourably reward the prophet, in case he should be cured by him. But it was a vast sum that he took for this purpose; for if they were Hebrew talents, the silver only amounted to four thousand five hundred pounds sterling. 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 5:5

king of Israel. Probably Jehoram. talents. See App-51 . changes of raiment. See Genesis 45:22 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:5

THE KING OF ISRAEL WAS UPSET BY THE SYRIAN'S REQUEST"And the king of Syria said, Go now, 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. And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had... read more

Thomas Coke

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

2 Kings 5:5. He—took with him ten talents of silver, &c.— See on 1Ki 14:3 concerning the presents of eatables; besides which, in other cases the presents that anciently were, and of late have been, wont to be made to personages eminent for study and piety, consisted of large sums of money or vestments. Thus we find here, that the present which a Syrian nobleman would have made to an Israelitish prophet, with whom he did not expect to stay any time, or indeed to enter his house, (see 2 Kings... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

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

5. ten talents of silver—£3421; 6000 shekels of gold; a large sum of uncertain value. ten changes of raiment—splendid dresses, for festive occasions—the honor being thought to consist not only in the beauty and fineness of the material, but on having a variety to put on one after another, in the same night. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 5:1-27

God’s ability to heal and cleanse ch. 5Naaman (Aram. gracious) was commander of the Aramean army under Ben-Hadad II (cf. 1 Kings 15:18; 1 Kings 15:20). Some forms of leprosy in the ancient world degenerated the bodies of its victims and eventually proved fatal. At this time no one could cure this disease. In Israel the priests normally isolated lepers from non-lepers because the disease was contagious, at least in certain stages (cf. Leviticus 13-14). Naaman was able to carry on his duties as... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:1-27

The Healing of Naaman and the Punishment of Gehazi1. The Lord.. Syria] Possibly the enemies from whom the Syrians had been saved were the Assyrians. Naaman, in delivering his countrymen from them, had been an unconscious instrument in the hands of Jehovah. A leper] see on Leviticus 13. Leprosy is of slow development, and as Naaman retained his military command, his malady cannot have reached a very advanced stage. It is not likely, in any case, that the Syrians observed the same strict rules... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 5:5

(5) Go to, go.—Depart thou (thither), enter (the land of Israel).A letter.—Written, probably, in that old Aramean script of which we have examples on Assyrian seals of the eighth century B.C. , and which closely resembled the old Phœnician and Hebrew characters, as well as that of the Moabite stone (2 Kings 1:1, Note).With him.—In his hand. (Comp. the expression “to fill the hand for Jehovah”—i.e., with presents; 1 Chronicles 29:5.)Changes of raiment.—Or, holiday suits. Reuss, habits de fête.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 5:1-27

Now Naaman Was a Leper, But 2 Kings 5:1 As a rule our interest in the story of Naaman centres round the dramatic incident of his healing in the waters of Jordan. Looking at the story as a whole, and seeing it in its true perspective, it is inevitable that this should be the case. But I am going to ask you to look at the history of Naaman from another point of view. What can we gather from the story of Naaman's life before there came into it the whisper of hope through the lips of the little... read more