Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 5:16
2 Kings 5:16. He said, As the Lord liveth, I will receive none Not that he thought it unlawful to receive presents, which he did receive from others; but because of the special circumstances of the case, it being much for the honour of God that the Syrians should see the generous piety and kindness of his ministers and servants, and how much they despised all that worldly wealth and glory, which the prophets of the Gentiles so greedily sought after. read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 5:15
2 Kings 5:15. He returned to the man of God To give him thanks and a recompense for the great benefit which he had received. I know there is no God in all the earth but in Israel By this wonderful work I am fully convinced that the God of Israel is the only true God, and that other gods are impotent idols. A noble confession! but such as speaks the misery of the Gentile world; for the nations that had many gods, really had no God, but were without God in the world. He had formerly... read more