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John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:25

But he went in, and stood before his master ,.... To know his will, and minister to him, as he had used to do, and as if he had never been from the house: and Elisha said unto him, whence comest thou, Gehazi ? where had he been, and where was he last? and he said, thy servant went no whither ; he pretended he had never been out of doors, which was another impudent lie; one would have thought that he who had lived so long with the prophet, and had seen the miracles wrought by him, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:26

And he said unto him, went not mine heart with thee ?.... Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what thou hast done should be hid from me? so Ben Gersom and others; or my heart did not go with thee, it was contrary to my mind and will what thou didst; so Abendana; or rather, as the Targum, by a spirit of prophecy it was shown unto me, &c.; I knew full well what thou wentest for, and hast done; and so Maimonides F25 Moreh Nevochim, par. 1. c. 39. ; was not I employed in my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:27

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 should have his disease: and he went out from his presence ; as one ashamed and confounded, and discharged from his master's service: a leper as white as snow ; a leprosy of which colour is the worst, and is incurable. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5

The history of Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, a leper; who was informed by a little Israelitish captive maid that a prophet of the Lord, in Samaria, could cure him, 2 Kings 5:1-4 . The king of Syria sends him, with a letter and rich presents, to the king of Israel, that he should recover him of his leprosy, 2 Kings 5:5 , 2 Kings 5:6 . On receiving the letter, the king of Israel is greatly distressed, supposing that the Syrian king designed to seek a quarrel with him;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:1

Naaman , captain of the host - Of Naaman we know nothing more than is related here. Jarchi and some others say that he was the man who drew the bow at a venture, as we term it, and slew Ahab: see 1 Kings 22:34 ; (note), and the notes there. He is not mentioned by Josephus, nor has he any reference to this history; which is very strange, as it exists in the Chaldee, Septuagint, and Syriac. King of Syria - The Hebrew is ארם מלך melech Aram , king of Aram; which is... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:2

The Syrians had gone out by companies - גדודים gedudim , troops. When one hundred or two hundred men go out by themselves to make prey of whatever they can get, that is called, says Jarchi, גדוד gedud , a troop. They had gone out in marauding parties; and on such occasions they bring away grain, cattle, and such of the inhabitants as are proper to make slaves. A little maid - Who, it appears, had pious parents, who brought her up in the knowledge of the true God.... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:3

Would God my lord - אחלי achaley , I wish; or, as the Chaldee, Syrian, and Arabic have, "Happy would it be for my master if he were with the prophet," etc. Here the mystery of the Divine providence begins to develop itself. By the captivity of this little maid, one Syrian family at least, and that one of the most considerable in the Syrian empire, is brought to the knowledge of the true God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:4

Thus and thus said the maid - So well had this little pious maid conducted herself, that her words are credited; and credited so fully, that an embassy from the king of Syria to the king of Israel is founded upon them! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:5

The king of Syria said - He judged it the best mode of proceeding to send immediately to the king, under whose control he supposed the prophet must be, that he would order the prophet to cure his general. Ten talents of silver - This, at £353 11s. 10 1/2d. the talent, would amount to £3,535 18s. 9d. Six thousand pieces of gold - If shekels are here meant, as the Arabic has it, then the six thousand shekels, at £1 16s. 5d. will amount to £10,925; and the whole,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:7

Am I God , to kill and to make alive - He spoke thus under the conviction that God alone could cure the leprosy; which, indeed, was universally acknowledged: and must have been as much a maxim among the Syrians as among the Israelites, for the disorder was equally prevalent in both countries; and in both equally incurable. See the notes on Leviticus 13 (note) and Leviticus 14 (note). And it was this that led the king of Israel to infer that the Syrian king sought a quarrel... read more

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