2 Kings 5:1-24
Naaman <05283> [A.M. 3110. B.C. 894. Naaman.]
esteemed <01419> [a great.]
esteemed ... respected <06440> [with. Heb. before. honourable. or, gracious. Heb. lifted up, or accepted in countenance. by him.]
victories <08668> [deliverance. or, victory. a leper.]
Raiding parties <01416> [by companies.]
became a servant <06440> [waited on. Heb. was before.]
If only ... master <0305 0113> [Would God.]
presence <06440> [with. Heb. before. he would.]
cure ..... skin disease <0622 06883> [recover him of. Heb. gather in.]
told ... master <05046 0113> [and told his lord.]
taking <03947> [and took.]
<03027> [with him. Heb. in his hand. ten talents of silver.]
This, at 353œ. 11s. 10«d. the talent, would amount to 3,535œ. 18s. 9d.
six thousand <0505 08337> [six thousand.]
If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at 1Å“. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10,925Å“.; and the whole to 14,464Å“. 18s. 9d.: besides the value of the ten changes of raiment.
ten ........... ten suits <06235 02487> [ten changes.]
tore <07167> [that he rent.]
God <0430> [Am I God.]
looking for ... excuse <07200 0579> [see how.]
torn ... clothes ............ tear ... clothes <0899 07167> [rent his clothes.]
<0935> [let him come.]
know <03045> [and he shall.]
sent .... messenger <07971 04397> [sent a messenger.]
wash <07364> [wash.]
seven times <07651 06471> [seven times.]
skin <01320> [thy flesh.]
Naaman <05283> [Naaman.]
<03212> [went away.]
said .... thought <0559> [Behold.]
said .... thought <0559> [I thought, etc. Heb. I said, etc. or, I said with myself,]
He will surely come out, etc. strike. Heb. move up and down.
Abana ... Pharpar <06554 071> [Abana and Pharpar. or, Amana.]
This river is evidently the Barrada, or Barda, as the Arabic renders, the Chrysorrhoas of the Greeks, which taking its rise in Antilibanus, runs eastward towards Damascus, where it is divided into three streams, one of which passes through the city, and the other two through the gardens; which reuniting at the east of the city, forms a lake about five or six leagues to the south-east, called Behairat el Marj, or, Lake of the Meadow. Pharpar was probably one of the branches.
better <02896> [better.]
servants <05650> [his servants.]
master <01> [My father.]
<0637> [how much rather.]
Wash <07364> [Wash.]
went down <03381> [went he down.]
instructed <01697> [according to.]
skin .... smooth <01320> [his flesh.]
healed <02891> [and he was clean.]
returned <07725> [he returned.]
know <03045> [now I know.]
gift <01293> [a blessing.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
take ......... take <03947> [I will receive.]
dirt <0127> [of earth.]
carry <06213> [will henceforth.]
leans <08172> [and he leaneth.]
This verse should probably, as many learned men have supposed, be read in the past, and not in the future tense: "In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master went into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaned on my hand, and I worshipped in the house of Rimmon; in that I have worshipped in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing." Rimmon is supposed by Selden to the same with Elion, a god of the Phoenicians, borrowed undoubtedly from the Elyon of the Hebrews, one of the names of God.
worship .......... bow down <07812> [and I bow.]
Lord forgive ................................... Lord forgive <03068 05545> [the Lord pardon.]
said <0559> [he said.]
peace <07965 03212> [Go in peace.]
short distance <0776 03530> [little way. Heb. a little piece of ground.]
Gehazi <01522> [Gehazi.]
master <0113> [my master.]
Lord lives <02416 03068> [as the Lord liveth.]
accept .................... accept <03947> [and take.]
down <05307> [he lighted.]
all right <07965> [Is all well. Heb. Is there peace?]
master <0113> [My master.]
<01121> [the sons.]
give .... talent <05414 03603> [give them.]
talent <03603> [a talent.]
Please <02974> [Be content.]
insisted <06555 06696> [And he urged him.]
<06696> [bound.]
carried <05375> [and they bare.]
hill <06076> [tower. or, secret place. and bestowed.]
