
Text -- 2 Kings 5:10 (NET)




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Wesley -> 2Ki 5:10
Wesley: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Which he did, partly, to exercise Naaman's faith and obedience: partly, for the honour of his religion, that it might appear he sought not his own glo...
Which he did, partly, to exercise Naaman's faith and obedience: partly, for the honour of his religion, that it might appear he sought not his own glory and profit, but only God's honour, and the good of men.
JFB -> 2Ki 5:8-12
JFB: 2Ki 5:8-12 - -- This was the grand and ultimate object to which, in the providence of God, the journey of Naaman was subservient. When the Syrian general, with his im...
This was the grand and ultimate object to which, in the providence of God, the journey of Naaman was subservient. When the Syrian general, with his imposing retinue, arrived at the prophet's house, Elisha sent him a message to "go and wash in Jordan seven times." This apparently rude reception to a foreigner of so high dignity incensed Naaman to such a degree that he resolved to depart, scornfully boasting that the rivers of Damascus were better than all the waters of Israel.
Clarke: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Sent a messenger - Did not come out to speak with him: he had got his orders from God, and he transmitted them to Naaman by his servant
Sent a messenger - Did not come out to speak with him: he had got his orders from God, and he transmitted them to Naaman by his servant

Clarke: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Wash in Jordan seven times - The waters of Jordan had no tendency to remove this disorder but God chose to make them the means by which he would con...
Wash in Jordan seven times - The waters of Jordan had no tendency to remove this disorder but God chose to make them the means by which he would convey his healing power. He who is the author of life, health, and salvation, has a right to dispense, convey, and maintain them, by whatsoever means he pleases.
TSK -> 2Ki 5:10
TSK: 2Ki 5:10 - -- sent a messenger : Mat 15:23-26
wash : 2Ki 2:21, 2Ki 3:16, 2Ki 4:41; Joh 9:7; 1Co 6:11
seven times : Lev 14:7, Lev 14:16, Lev 14:51, Lev 16:14, Lev 16...

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Barnes -> 2Ki 5:10
Barnes: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Elisha was not deterred from personally meeting Naaman because he was a leper. He sent a messenger because Naaman had over-estimated his own importa...
Elisha was not deterred from personally meeting Naaman because he was a leper. He sent a messenger because Naaman had over-estimated his own importance 2Ki 5:11), and needed rebuke.
And wash in Jordan - Compare the marginal references. A command is given which tests the faith of the recipient, and the miracle is not performed until such faith is openly evidenced.
Poole -> 2Ki 5:10
Poole: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Elisha sent a messenger partly, to try and exercise Naaman’ s faith and obedience; partly, for the honour of his religion and ministry, that it ...
Elisha sent a messenger partly, to try and exercise Naaman’ s faith and obedience; partly, for the honour of his religion and ministry, that it might appear he sought not his own glory and profit in his miraculous performances, but only God’ s honour, and the good of men; and partly, for the discovery of the almighty power of God, that could by such slight means cure so desperate a disease.
Thy flesh shall come again which was in great part consumed by the leprosy. See Num 12:12 .
Haydock -> 2Ki 5:10
Haydock: 2Ki 5:10 - -- Messenger. Eliseus supports the dignity of God's envoy, and shews the general that his cure was to be attributed, not to the presence of the prophet...
Messenger. Eliseus supports the dignity of God's envoy, and shews the general that his cure was to be attributed, not to the presence of the prophet, but to the will and goodness of God.
Gill -> 2Ki 5:10
Gill: 2Ki 5:10 - -- And Elisha sent a messenger unto him,.... Or returned an answer by Naaman's messenger; he did not go out to him, choosing to be retired, as he commonl...
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him,.... Or returned an answer by Naaman's messenger; he did not go out to him, choosing to be retired, as he commonly did; and being perhaps employed in prayer for the cure; and it may be also to show his contempt of or little regard he had to worldly grandeur and honour, as well as to mortify the pride of Naaman:
saying, go and wash in Jordan seven times; so, according to the law of the cleansing the leper, he was to be sprinkled seven times, and on the seventh day his flesh was to be bathed or dipped all over in water, which is meant by washing here, Lev 14:7.
and thy flesh shall come again to thee; which was eaten and consumed by the disease on him:
and thou shalt be clean; freed from this pollution, or filthy disease, with which he was defiled; for a leper was reckoned unclean, Lev 13:3.

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TSK Synopsis -> 2Ki 5:1-27
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 5:9-14
MHCC: 2Ki 5:9-14 - --Elisha knew Naaman to be a proud man, and he would let him know, that before the great God all men stand upon the same level. All God's commands make ...
Matthew Henry -> 2Ki 5:9-14
Matthew Henry: 2Ki 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 t...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 2Ki 5:1-19
Keil-Delitzsch: 2Ki 5:1-19 - --
Curing of Naaman from Leprosy. - 2Ki 5:1. Naaman , the commander-in-chief of the Syrian king, who was a very great man before his lord, i.e., who h...
Constable -> 2Ki 2:1--8:16; 2Ki 5:1-27
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...
