2 Kings 5:14-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 5:9-14

We have here the cure of Naaman's leprosy. I. The short and plain direction which the prophet gave him, with assurance of success. Naaman designed to do honour to Elisha when he came in his chariot, and with all his retinue, to Elisha's door, 2 Kgs. 5:9. Those that showed little respect to prophets at other times were very complaisant to them when they needed them. He attended at Elisha's door as a beggar for an alms. Those that would be cleansed from the spiritual leprosy must wait at... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 5:15-19

Of the ten lepers that our Saviour cleansed, the only one that returned to give thanks was a Samaritan, Luke 17:16. This Syrian did so, and here expresses himself. I. Convinced of the power of the God of Israel, not only that he is God, but that he is God alone, and that indeed there is no God in all the earth but in Israel (2 Kgs. 5:15)-- a noble confession, but such as intimates the misery of the Gentile world; for the nations that had many gods really had no God, but were without God in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:14

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God ,.... He listened to the reasoning of his servant, and his passion subsided, and did as the prophet ordered him: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child ; clear and fresh, soft and tender as an infant, quite new flesh: and he was clean ; from the leprosy, and all the filthy symptoms of it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:15

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company ,.... To give him thanks for the advice he had given him, and by him to give thanks to God for the cure he had received; for he was sensible it was from the Lord, his words show: and came and stood before him ; for being admitted into the prophet's house, instead of the prophet standing before him, as he before expected, he now stood before the prophet in veneration of him, and sensible of his obligation to him: behold, now I... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:16

But he said, as the Lord liveth, before whom I stand ,.... Whose minister and prophet he was, and by whom he swears: I will receive none : to let him know that this cure was not to be attributed to him, but the Lord only; and that what concern he had in it was not for the sake of money, but for the glory of the God of Israel: and he urged him to take it, but he refused it ; Naaman was very pressing upon him to receive a gift from him, but he could not be prevailed upon to accept it. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:17

And Naaman said, shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth ..... Not that he desired of Elisha that he would suffer his servant Gehazi to receive a present as much as two mules could carry; but inasmuch as the prophet refused a present from him, his servant, he asks a favour of him, that he would permit him to take with him, out of the land of Israel, as much earth two mules could carry, that is, to make an altar of earth, as the next words... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:18

In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant ,.... Which he next mentions, and on account of which he desires the prayers of Elisha for him, as the Vulgate Latin version; or it may be, this is a prayer of his own, put up at this time to the true Jehovah, in whom he believed: that when my master : meaning the king of Syria: 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:19

And he said unto him ,.... That is, the prophet said to Naaman: go in peace : in peace of mind; be assured that God has pardoned this and all other transgressions: so he departed from him a little way ; about a mile, as the Targum, and so other Jewish writers; of this phrase; see Gill on Genesis 35:16 , some say a land's length, that is, about one hundred and twenty feet; rather it was a thousand cubits, or half a mile. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:14

Then went he down - He felt the force of this reasoning, and made a trial, probably expecting little success. Like unto the flesh of a little child - The loathsome scurf was now entirely removed; his flesh assumed the appearance and health of youth; and the whole mass of his blood, and other juices, became purified, refined, and exalted! How mighty is God! What great things can he do by the simplest and feeblest of means! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 5:15

He returned to the man of God - He saw that the hand of the Lord was upon him; he felt gratitude for his cleansing; and came back to acknowledge, in the most public way, his obligation to God and his servant. Stood before him - He was now truly humbled, and left all his state behind him. It is often the case that those who have least to value themselves on are proud and haughty; whereas the most excellent of the earth are the most humble, knowing that they have nothing... read more

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