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Text -- 2 Kings 5:25 (NET)

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5:25 When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Elisha a son of Shaphat; a prophet of the 9th century B.C. who succeeded the prophet Elijah,son of Shaphat of Abel-Meholah; successor of the prophet Elijah
 · Gehazi a man servant of the prophet Elishah


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Worldliness | Servant | NAAMAN | LIE; LYING | Joram | Greed | Gehazi | ELISHA | COVETOUSNESS | Ben-hadad | more
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JFB: 2Ki 5:20-25 - -- The respectful courtesy to Elisha, shown in the person of his servant, and the open-handed liberality of his gifts, attest the fulness of Naaman's gra...

The respectful courtesy to Elisha, shown in the person of his servant, and the open-handed liberality of his gifts, attest the fulness of Naaman's gratitude; while the lie--the artful management is dismissing the bearers of the treasure, and the deceitful appearance before his master, as if he had not left the house--give a most unfavorable impression of Gehazi's character.

TSK: 2Ki 5:25 - -- stood before : Pro 30:20; Eze 33:31; Mat 26:15, Mat 26:16, Mat 26:21-25; Joh 13:2, Joh 13:26-30 Whence : 2Ki 20:14; Gen 3:8, Gen 3:9, Gen 4:9, Gen 16:...

stood before : Pro 30:20; Eze 33:31; Mat 26:15, Mat 26:16, Mat 26:21-25; Joh 13:2, Joh 13:26-30

Whence : 2Ki 20:14; Gen 3:8, Gen 3:9, Gen 4:9, Gen 16:8

Thy servant : 2Ki 5:22; Act 5:3, Act 5:4

no whither : Heb. not hither or thither

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: 2Ki 5:25 - -- Lest his absence should be noticed, Gehazi hastened, without being called, to appear before his master. In the East it is usual for servants to rema...

Lest his absence should be noticed, Gehazi hastened, without being called, to appear before his master. In the East it is usual for servants to remain most of the day in their lord’ s presence, only quitting it when given some order to execute.

Gill: 2Ki 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 hou...

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 knew with what a spirit of prophecy he was endowed, would never have ventured to tell such an untruth, since he might expect to be detected; but covetousness had blinded his eyes and hardened his heart.

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TSK Synopsis: 2Ki 5:1-27 - --1 Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy.8 Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him.15 He refusing Naam...

MHCC: 2Ki 5:20-27 - --Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and we read how wise and good they were. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of God, has but one...

Matthew Henry: 2Ki 5:20-27 - -- Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and we read how wise and good they were, 2Ki 5:13. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of God,...

Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 5:25-26 - -- But when he entered his master's presence again, he asked him, "Whence (comest thou), Gehazi?"and on his returning the lying answer that he had not ...

Constable: 2Ki 2:1--8:16 - --4. Jehoram's evil reign in Israel 2:1-8:15 Jehoram reigned 12 years in Israel (852-841 B.C.). Hi...

Constable: 2Ki 5:1-27 - --God's ability to heal and cleanse ch. 5 Naaman (Aram. gracious) was commander of the Ara...

Guzik: 2Ki 5:1-27 - --2 Kings 5 - Naaman the Leper A. Naaman comes to Elisha. 1. (1) Naaman's problem. Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a gre...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 2 Kings (Outline) MOAB REBELS. (2Ki 1:1) AHAZIAH'S JUDGMENT BY ELIJAH. (2Ki 1:2-8) ELIJAH BRINGS FIRE FROM HEAVEN ON AHAZIAH'S MESSENGERS. (2Ki 1:9-16) AHAZIAH DIES, A...

TSK: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) The events detailed in these books (Kings) are highly interesting and important. The account of the wisdom, magnificence, and extended commerce of So...

TSK: 2 Kings 5 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Ki 5:1, Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy; 2Ki 5:8, Elisha, sending him to Jordan c...

Poole: 2 Kings 5 (Chapter Introduction) KINGS CHAPTER 5 Naaman, by his captive maid’ s report, goeth to Elisha to be cured of his leprosy, 2Ki 5:1-9 . Elisha sends to him a command t...

MHCC: 2 Kings 5 (Chapter Introduction) (2Ki 5:1-8) Naaman's leprosy. (2Ki 5:9-14) The cure of it. (2Ki 5:15-19) Elisha refuses Naaman's gifts. (2Ki 5:20-27) Gehazi's covetousness and fal...

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Kings This second book of the Kings (which the Septuagint, numbering from Samuel, ca...

Matthew Henry: 2 Kings 5 (Chapter Introduction) Two more of Elisha's miracles are recorded in this chapter. I. The cleansing of Naaman, a Syrian, a stranger, from his leprosy, and there, 1. The...

Constable: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Second Kings continues the narrative begun in 1 Kings. It opens with the translation of godly Elijah to hea...

Constable: 2 Kings (Outline) Outline (Continued from notes on 1 Kings) 3. Ahaziah's evil reign in Israel -1 Kings 22:51-2...

Constable: 2 Kings 2 Kings Bibliography Ackroyd, Peter R. "An Interpretation of the Babylonian Exile: A Study of 2 Kings 20, Isaia...

Haydock: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FOURTH BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This Book brings us to the conclusion of the kingdom of Israel, (chap. xvii.) and to the captivity of ...

Gill: 2 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS This, and the preceding book, are properly but one book divided into two parts, because of the size of it, as the book of S...

Gill: 2 Kings 5 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 5 This chapter gives an account of the leprosy of Naaman the Syrian, and of the cure of it by Elisha; how he came to hear o...

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