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5:1 Now Naaman <05283>, the commander <08269> of the king <04428> of Syria’s <0758> army <06635>, was <01961> esteemed <06440> <01419> <0376> and respected <06440> <05375> by his master <0113>, for <03588> through him the Lord <03068> had given <05414> Syria <0758> military victories <08668>. But this great <02428> warrior <01368> had a skin disease <06879>. 5:2 Raiding parties <01416> went out <03318> from Syria <0758> and took captive <07617> from the land <0776> of Israel <03478> a young <06996> girl <05291>, who became a servant <06440> <01961> to Naaman’s <05283> wife <0802>. 5:3 She told <0559> her mistress <01404>, “If only <0305> my master <0113> were in the presence <06440> of the prophet <05030> who <0834> is in Samaria <08111>! Then <0227> he would cure <0622> him of his skin disease <06883>.” 5:4 Naaman went <0935> and told <05046> his master <0113> what <0834> the girl <05291> from the land <0776> of Israel <03478> had said <01696>. 5:5 The king <04428> of Syria <0758> said <0559>, “Go <0935> <01980>! I will send <07971> a letter <05612> to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.” So Naaman went <01980>, taking <03947> with him ten <06235> talents <03603> of silver <03701>, six <08337> thousand <0505> shekels of gold <02091>, and ten <06235> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>. 5:6 He brought <0935> the letter <05612> to <0413> king <04428> of Israel <03478>. It read <0559>: “This <02088> is a letter <05612> of introduction <0935> for <0413> my servant <05650> Naaman <05283>, whom I have sent <07971> to <0413> be cured <0622> of his skin disease <06883>.” 5:7 When <01961> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> read <07121> the letter <05612>, he tore <07167> his clothes <0899> and said <0559>, “Am I God <0430>? Can I <0589> kill <04191> or restore life <02421>? Why does he ask <07971> me to <0413> cure <0622> a man <0376> of his skin disease <06883>? Certainly <03588> you must <0389> see <03045> that <03588> he <01931> is looking for <07200> an excuse to fight <0579> me!” 5:8 When <01961> Elisha <0477> the prophet <0430> <0376> heard <08085> that <03588> the king <04428> had torn <07167> his clothes <0899>, he sent <07971> this message to <0413> the king <04428>, “Why <04100> did you tear <07167> your clothes <0899>? Send <0935> him to <0413> me so <03588> he may know <03045> there is <03426> a prophet <05030> in Israel <03478>.” 5:9 So Naaman <05283> came <0935> with his horses <05483> and chariots <07393> and stood <05975> in the doorway <06607> of Elisha’s <0477> house <01004>. 5:10 Elisha <0477> sent <07971> out a messenger <04397> who told <0559> him, “Go <01980> and wash <07364> seven <07651> times <06471> in the Jordan <03383>; your skin <01320> will be restored <07725> and you will be healed <02891>.” 5:11 Naaman <05283> went away <01980> angry <07107>. He said <0559>, “Look <02009>, I thought <0559> for sure he would come <03318> out <03318>, stand <05975> there, invoke <07121> the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> his God <0430>, wave <05130> his hand <03027> over <0413> the area <04725>, and cure <0622> the skin disease <06879>. 5:12 The rivers <05104> of Damascus <01834>, the Abana <071> and Pharpar <06554>, are better <02896> than <03808> any <03605> of the waters <04325> of Israel <03478>! Could I not <03808> wash <07364> in them and be healed <02891>?” So he turned around <06437> and went away <01980> angry <02534>. 5:13 His servants <05650> approached <05066> and said <01696> to <0413> him, “O master <01>, if the prophet <05030> had told <01696> you to <0413> do some difficult task <01419> <01697>, you would have been willing to do <06213> it. It seems you should be happy that <03588> he simply said <0559>, “Wash <07364> and you will be healed <02891>.” 5:14 So he went down <03381> and dipped <02881> in the Jordan <03383> seven <07651> times <06471>, as the prophet <0430> <0376> had instructed <01697>. His skin <01320> became <07725> as smooth <01320> as a young <06996> child’s <05288> and he was healed <02891>. 5:15 He <01931> and his entire <03605> entourage <04264> returned <07725> to <0413> the prophet <0430> <0376>. Naaman came <0935> and stood <05975> before <06440> him. He said <0559>, “For sure <02009> I know <03045> that <03588> there is no <0369> God <0430> in all <03605> the earth <0776> except <0518> in Israel <03478>! Now <06258>, please <04994> accept <03947> a gift <01293> from your servant <05650>.” 5:16 But Elisha replied <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> (whom <0834> I serve <05975>), I will take <03947> nothing <0518> from you.” Naaman insisted <06484> that he take <03947> it, but he refused <03985>. 5:17 Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “If not <03808>, then please <04994> give <05414> your servant <05650> a load <04853> of dirt <0127>, enough for a pair <06776> of mules <06505> to carry, for <03588> your servant <05650> will never <03808> again <05750> offer <06213> a burnt offering <05930> or sacrifice <02077> to a god <0430> other <0312> than the Lord <03068>. 5:18 May the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088> one thing <01697>: When my master <0113> enters <0935> the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417> to worship <07812>, and he <01931> leans <08172> on <05921> my arm <03027> and I bow down <07812> in the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417>, may <04994> the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088>.” 5:19 Elisha said <0559> to him, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>.” When he had gone <01980> a short distance <03530>, 5:20 Gehazi <01522>, the prophet <0430> <0376> Elisha’s <0477> servant <05288>, thought <0559>, “Look <02009>, my master <0113> did not accept <03947> what this <02088> Syrian <0761> Naaman <05283> offered <0935> him. As certainly as <0834> the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will run <07323> after <0310> him and accept <03947> something <03972> from him.” 5:21 So Gehazi <01522> ran <07291> after <0310> Naaman <05283>. When Naaman <05283> saw <07200> someone running <07323> after <0310> him, he got down <05307> from <05921> his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> him and asked <0559>, “Is everything all right <07965>?” 5:22 He answered <0559>, “Everything is fine <07965>. My master <0113> sent <07971> me with this <02088> message, ‘Look <02009>, two <08147> servants <05288> of the prophets <05030> just <06258> arrived <0935> from <0413> the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022>. Please <04994> give <05414> them a talent <03603> of silver <03701> and two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>.’” 5:23 Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “Please <02974> accept <03947> two talents <03603> of silver. He insisted <06555>, and tied up <06887> two talents <03603> of silver <03701> in two <08147> bags <02754>, along with two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>. He gave <05414> them to <0413> two <08147> of his servants <05288> and they carried <05375> them for Gehazi <06440>. 5:24 When he arrived <0935> at <0413> the hill <06076>, he took <03947> them from the servants and put <06485> them in <06485> the house <01004>. Then he sent <07971> the men <0582> on their way <01980>.

• 2Ki 5:1-27 -- Elisha Heals a Syrian General

• Elisha

  [ebd] God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his successor (1 Kings 19:16). ...
  [isbe] ELISHA - e-li'-sha 'elisha`, "God is salvalion"; Septuagint Eleisaie; New Testament Elisaios, Eliseus, (Lk 4:27 the King James Version)): I. HIS CALL AND PREPARATION 1. His Call 2. His Preparation 3. The Parting Gift of Elij...
  [smith] (God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest mention of his name is in the command to Elijah in th...
  [nave] ELISHA, successor to the prophet Elijah. Elijah instructed to anoint, 1 Kin. 19:16. Called by Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:19. Ministers to Elijah, 1 Kin. 19:21. Witnesses Elijah's translation, receives a double portion of his spirit...
  

• Naaman

  [ebd] pleasantness, a Syrian, the commander of the armies of Benhadad II. in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He was afflicted with leprosy; and when the little Hebrew slave-girl that waited on his wife told her of a prophet in ...
  [isbe] NAAMAN - na'-a-man (na`aman, "pleasantness"; Septuagint: Codices Vaticanus and Alexandrinus Naiman; so Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek in the New Testament; Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Neeman) : (1) A...
  [smith] (pleasantness). "Naaman the Syrian." (Luke 4:27) Naaman was commander-in-chief of the army of Syria, and was nearest to the person of the king, Ben-hadad II., whom he accompanied officially and supported when he went to wors...
  [nave] NAAMAN 1. Son of Benjamin, Gen. 46:21. 2. Son of Bela, Num. 26:40; 1 Chr. 8:4. 3. Son of Ehud, 1 Chr. 8:7. 4. A Syrian general, healed of leprosy by Elisha, 2 Kin. 5:1-23; Luke 4:27.
  

• Joram

  [nave] JORAM 1. A son of Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10. Called Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10. 2. Called also Jehoram. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 1:17; 3:1. King of Syria sends Naaman to, that he may be healed of his leprosy, 2 Kin. 5:1-27. Has war w...
  

• Ben-hadad

  [nave] BEN-HADAD 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3, 24, 2...
  

• Miracles

  [nave] MIRACLES. Index of Sub-topics Catalog of, and Supernatural Events, Of Jesus, in Chronological Order, Of the Disciples of Jesus; Convincing Effect of; Design of; Miraculous Gifts of the Holy Spirit; Miscellany of Minor Sub-...
  

• Gehazi

  [ebd] valley of vision, Elisha's trusted servant (2 Kings 4:31; 5:25; 8:4, 5). He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:14, 31) and of Naaman the Syrian. On this latter occasion he was guilty of dupli...
  [isbe] GEHAZI - ge-ha'-zi (gechazi, except in 2 Ki 4:31; 5:25; 8:4,5, where it is gechazi, perhaps "valley of vision"): The confidential servant of Elisha. Various words are used to denote his relation to his master. He is generall...
  [smith] (valley of vision), the servant or boy of Elisha. He was sent as the prophet?s messenger on two occasions to the good Shunammite, (2 Kings 4:1) ... (B.C. 889-887); obtained fraudulently money and garments from Naaman, was ...
  [nave] GEHAZI Servant of Elisha, 2 Kin. 4:12, 29, 31. Greed of, and the judgment of leprosy upon, 2 Kin. 5:20-27. Mentions to King Jehoram the miracles of Elisha, his master, 2 Kin. 8:4, 5.
  

• Readings, Select

  [nave] READINGS, SELECT. Judah's Defense Gen. 44:18-34 Joseph Revealing His Identity Gen. 45:1-15 The Deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh Ex. 14:5-30 Song of Moses When Pharaoh and His Army Were Overthrown Ex. 15:1-1...
  

• Leprosy

  [ebd] (Heb. tsara'ath, a "smiting," a "stroke," because the disease was regarded as a direct providential infliction). This name is from the Greek lepra, by which the Greek physicians designated the disease from its scaliness. We ...
  [nave] LEPROSY Law concerning, Lev. 13; 14; 22:4; Num. 5:1-3; 12:14; Deut. 24:8; Matt. 8:4; Luke 5:14; 17:14. Sent as a judgment: On Miriam, Num. 12:1-10; Gehazi, 2 Kin. 5:27; Uzziah, 2 Chr. 26:20, 21. Entailed, 2 Kin. 5:27. Iso...
  

• Servant

  [nave] SERVANT Distinguished as bond servant, who was a slave, and hired servant. Bond Laws of Moses concerning, Ex. 21:1-11, 20, 21, 26, 27, 32; Lev. 19:20-22; 25:6, 10, 35-55; Deut. 15:12, 14, 18; 24:7. Kidnapping forbidden, D...
  

• Lies and Deceits

  [nave] LIES AND DECEITS Ex. 23:1; Lev. 6:2-7; Lev. 19:11, 12, 16 Ex. 20:16. Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:5, 6, 33; Job 36:4; Psa. 5:6, 9; Psa. 10:7; Psa. 12:2, 3; Psa. 28:3; Psa. 31:18; Psa. 34:13 1 Pet. 3:10. Psa. 36:3; P...
  

• Greed

  [nave] GREED. Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:17 Deut. 5:21. Neh. 5:7; Job 20:15; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 119:36; Prov. 1:19; Prov. 11:24, 26; Prov. 15:27; Prov. 21:25, 26; Prov. 22:16; Prov. 23:4, 5; Prov. 30:8, 9; Eccl. 1:8 vs. 2-8...
  

• Jordan

  [nave] JORDAN A river in Palestine. Empties into the Dead Sea, Josh. 15:5. Fords of, Gen. 32:10; Josh. 2:7; Judg. 3:28; 7:24; 8:4; 10:9; 12:5, 6; 2 Sam. 2:29; 17:22, 24; 19:15, 31; 1 Chr. 19:17. Swelling of, at harvest time, Josh...
  

• Excuses

  [nave] EXCUSES. Gen. 3:12, 13; Ex. 4:1, 10-14; Ex. 32:22-24; Deut. 30:11-14; Judg. 6:12-17; 1 Kin. 19:19-21; 2 Kin. 5:10-14; Jer. 1:1, 4-10; Matt. 8:21; Luke 9:59-62; Luke 14:18-20; Acts 24:25; Rom. 1:20; Rom. 2:1
  

• RECOVER

  [isbe] RECOVER - re-kuv'-er: "Recover" has (1) the transitive meaning of "to retake" or "regain" (anything); and (2) the intransitive sense of "to regain health" or "become well." In Judith 14:7 it means "restore to consciousness."...
  

• Pharpar

  [ebd] swift, one of the rivers of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). It has been identified with the 'Awaj, "a small lively river." The whole of the district watered by the 'Awaj is called the Wady el-'Ajam, i.e., "the valley of the Persian...
  [isbe] PHARPAR - far'-par (parpar; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Apharpha; Codex Alexandrinus Pharphara): A river of Damascus, mentioned in 2 Ki 5:12, along with the Abana or Amana.e and James, Psalms of Solomon. xliv ff; Nicolas. Do...
  [smith] (swift), the second of the "two rivers of Damascus" --Abana and Pharpar --alluded to by Naaman. (2 Kings 5:18) The two principal streams in the district of Damascus are the Barada and the Awaj, the former being the Abana a...
  [nave] PHARPAR, a river of Damascus. Referred to by Naaman, 2 Kin. 5:12.
  

• Worldliness

  [nave] WORLDLINESS. 1 Sam. 8:19, 20; Job 20:4-29; Job 21:11-15; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 73:2-22; Prov. 14:12, 13; Prov. 15:21; Prov. 21:17; Prov. 23:20, 21; Prov. 27:1, 7; Eccl. 1:8; Eccl. 2:1-12; Eccl. 6:11, 12; Eccl. 8:15-17; Eccl. ...
  

• Mule

  [ebd] (Heb. pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying loads. It is not probable that the Hebrews bred mules, as this was strictly forbidden in the law (Lev. 19:19), although their use was not for...
  [isbe] MULE - mul (peredh (1 Ki 10:25; 18:5; Ezr 2:66; Isa 66:20; Zec 14:15), the feminine pirdah (1 Ki 1:33,38,44), rekhesh, "swift steeds," the King James Version "mules" (Est 8:10,14), 'achashteranim, "used in the king's service...
  [nave] MULE Uses of: For royal riders, 2 Sam. 13:29; 18:9; 1 Kin. 1:33, 38; ridden by posts, Esth. 8:10, 14; by saints in Isaiah's prophetic vision of the kingdom of Christ, Isa. 66:20; as pack animals, 2 Kin. 5:17; 1 Chr. 12:40. ...
  

• EPISTLE

  [isbe] EPISTLE - e-pis'-'-l (epistole, "a letter," "epistle"; from epistello, "to send to"): 1. New Testament Epistles 2. Distinctive Characteristics 3. Letter-Writing in Antiquity 4. Letters in the Old Testament 5. Letters in the ...
  

• PALESTINE, 2

  [isbe] PALESTINE, 2 - III. Palestine in the Historic Books of the Old Testament. 1. Book of Joshua: Joshua is the great geographical book of the Old Testament; and the large majority of the 600 names of places, rivers and mountains...
  

• BAG

  [ebd] (1.) A pocket of a cone-like shape in which Naaman bound two pieces of silver for Gehazi (2 Kings 5:23). The same Hebrew word occurs elsewhere only in Isa. 3:22, where it is rendered "crisping-pins," but denotes the reticule...
  [isbe] BAG - Bags of various kinds are mentioned in the English Bible, but often in a way to obscure rather than tr the original. (1) "Bag" is used for a Hebrew word which means a shepherd's "bag," rendered "wallet" in the Revised ...
  [smith] is the rendering of several words in the Old and New Testaments. Charitim , the "bags" in which Naaman bound up the two talents of silver for Gehazi. (2 Kings 5:23) They were long cone-like bags of the size to hold a prec...
  

• Elisha and Naaman

  

• What is the significance of numbers in Scripture?
  The following material from The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia should be helpful here: III. Significant numbers Numbers are also used with a symbolical or theological significance. One is used to convey th...

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