2 Kings 5:14 - Exposition

Then went he down ; i.e. descended into the deep Jordan valley from the highland of Samaria—a descent of above a thousand feet. The nearest route would involve a journey of about twenty-five miles. And dipped himself seven times in Jordan — i.e. followed exactly the prophet's directions in 2 Kings 5:10 — according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child —literally, of a little lad — and he was clean. Not only was the leprosy removed, hut the flesh was more soft and tender than that of a grown man commonly is. It was like the flesh of a boy.