Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 5
Overview
Kg2 5:1, Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy; Kg2 5:8, Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him; Kg2 5:15, He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth; Kg2 5:20, Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy.
am 3110, bc 894
Naaman: Luk 4:27
a great: Kg2 4:8; Exo 11:3; Est 9:4, Est 10:3
with: Heb. before
honourable: or, gracious, Heb. lifted up, or accepted in countenance
by him: Pro 21:31; Isa 10:5, Isa 10:6; Jer 27:5, Jer 27:6; Deu 2:37; Joh 19:11; Rom 15:18
deliverance: or, victory
a leper: Kg2 5:27, Kg2 7:3; Lev 13:2, Lev 13:3, Lev 13:44-46; Num 12:10-12; Sa2 3:29; Ch2 26:19-23; Co2 12:7
by companies: Kg2 6:23, Kg2 13:20; Jdg 9:34; Sa1 13:17, Sa1 13:18
waited on: Heb. was before, Psa 123:2
Would God: Num 11:29; Act 26:29; Co1 4:8
with: Heb. before
he would: Kg2 5:8; Mat 8:2, Mat 8:3, Mat 11:5; Luk 17:12-14
recover him of: Heb. gather in
and told his lord: Kg2 7:9-11; Mar 5:19, Mar 16:9, Mar 16:10; Joh 1:42-46, Joh 4:28, Joh 4:29; Co1 1:26, Co1 1:27
go: Gen 11:3, Gen 11:7; Ecc 2:1; Isa 5:5; Jam 4:13, Jam 5:1
and took: Kg2 8:8, Kg2 8:9; Num 22:7, Num 22:17, Num 22:18, Num 24:11-13; Sa1 9:8; Kg1 13:7, Kg1 22:3; Act 8:18-20
with him: Heb. in his hand
ten talents of silver: This, at 353. 11s. 10+d. the talent, would amount to 3,535. 18s. 9d.
six thousand: If shekels are meant, as the Arabic reads, then this, at 1. 16s. 5d. each, will amount to 10,925.; and the whole to 14,464. 18s. 9d.. besides the value of the ten changes of raiment.
ten changes: Gen 45:22; Jdg 14:12; Jam 5:2, Jam 5:3
that he rent: Kg2 11:14, Kg2 18:37, Kg2 19:1; Num 14:6; Jer 36:24; Mat 26:65; Act 14:14
Amos I God: Gen 30:2; Deu 32:29; Sa1 2:6; Dan 2:11; Hos 6:1
rent his clothes: Kg2 5:7; Sa2 3:31
let him come: Kg2 5:3, Kg2 5:15, Kg2 1:6; Kg1 17:24, Kg1 18:36, Kg1 18:37
and he shall: Exo 11:8; Rom 11:13; Eze 2:5; Hos 12:13
Kg2 3:12, Kg2 6:32; Isa 60:14; Act 16:29, Act 16:30, Act 16:37-39
sent a messenger: Mat 15:23-26
wash: Kg2 2:21, Kg2 3:16, Kg2 4:41; Joh 9:7; Co1 6:11
seven times: Lev 14:7, Lev 14:16, Lev 14:51, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:19; Num 19:4, Num 19:19; Jos 6:4, Jos 6:13-16
thy flesh: Kg2 5:14; Exo 4:6, Exo 4:7
Naaman: Pro 13:10; Mat 8:8, Mat 15:27; Luk 14:11
went away: Pro 1:32; Mat 19:22; Joh 6:66-69, Joh 13:20; Heb 12:25
Behold: Pro 3:7; Isa 55:8, Isa 55:9; Joh 4:48; Co1 1:21-25, Co1 2:14-16, Co1 3:18-20
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 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: Kg2 5:17, Kg2 2:8, Kg2 2:14; Jos 3:15-17; Eze 47:1-8; Zac 13:1, Zac 14:8; Mar 1:9
his servants: Kg2 5:3; Sa1 25:14-17; Kg1 20:23, Kg1 20:31; Job 32:8, Job 32:9; Jer 38:7-10
My father: Kg2 2:12, Kg2 6:21, Kg2 13:14; Gen 41:43; Mal 1:6; Mat 23:9; Co1 4:15
how much rather: Co1 1:21, Co1 1:27
Wash: Kg2 5:10; Psa 51:2, Psa 51:7; Isa 1:16; Joh 13:8; Act 22:16; Eph 5:26, Eph 5:27; Tit 3:5; Heb 10:22; Pe1 3:21; Rev 7:14
went he down: Job 31:13; Pro 9:9, Pro 25:11, Pro 25:12; Eze 47:1-9; Zac 13:1, Zac 14:8
according to: Ch2 20:20; Joh 2:5; Heb 11:7, Heb 11:8
his flesh: Kg2 5:10; Job 33:25
and he was clean: Luk 4:27, Luk 5:13; Tit 2:14
he returned: Luk 17:15-18
now I know: Kg2 5:8; Jos 2:9-11, Jos 9:9, Jos 9:24; Sa1 17:46, Sa1 17:47; Kg1 18:36; Isa 43:10, Isa 43:11; Isa 44:6, Isa 44:8, Isa 45:6; Jer 10:10, Jer 10:11, Jer 16:19-21; Dan 2:47, Dan 3:29, Dan 4:34; Dan 6:26, Dan 6:27; Rom 10:10
a blessing: Gen 33:11; Sa1 25:27; Co2 9:5
As the Lord: Kg2 3:14; Kg1 17:1, Kg1 18:15
I will receive: Kg2 5:20, Kg2 5:26; Gen 14:22, Gen 14:23; Kg1 13:8; Dan 5:17; Mat 10:8; Act 8:18-20; Act 20:33-35; Co1 6:12, Co1 10:32, Co1 10:33; Co2 11:9, Co2 11:10, Co2 12:14
will henceforth: Act 26:18; Th1 1:9; Pe1 4:3
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. Kg2 7:2, Kg2 7:17
and I bow: Kg2 17:35; Exo 20:5; Kg1 19:18
the Lord pardon: Ch2 30:18, Ch2 30:19; Jer 50:20
he said: Mat 9:16, Mat 9:17; Joh 16:12; Co1 3:2; Heb 5:13, Heb 5:14
Go in peace: Exo 4:18; Sa1 1:17, Sa1 25:35; Mar 5:34; Luk 7:50, Luk 8:48
little way: Heb. a little piece of ground, Gen 35:16 *marg.
Gehazi: Kg2 4:12, Kg2 4:31, Kg2 4:36; Mat 10:4; Joh 6:70, Joh 12:6, Joh 13:2; Act 8:18, Act 8:19
my master: Pro 26:16; Luk 16:8; Joh 12:5, Joh 12:6; Act 5:2
as the Lord liveth: Kg2 6:31; Exo 20:7; Sa1 14:39
and take: Exo 20:17; Psa 10:3; Jer 22:17; Hab 2:9; Luk 12:15; Ti1 6:9-11; Ti2 4:10; Tit 1:7; Pe1 5:2; Pe2 2:14, Pe2 2:15
he lighted: Luk 7:6, Luk 7:7; Act 8:31, Act 10:25, Act 10:26
Is all well: Heb. Is there peace, Kg2 4:26, Kg2 9:17-22
My master: Kg1 13:18; Isa 59:3; Jer 9:3, Jer 9:5; Joh 8:44; Act 5:3, Act 5:4; Rev 21:8
give them: Co2 12:16-18
a talent: Kg2 5:5; Exo 38:24-28; Kg1 20:39
Be content: Kg1 20:7; Luk 11:54
And he urged him: Kg2 5:16, Kg2 2:17
bound: Kg2 12:10 *marg.
and they bare: Isa 30:6
tower: or, secret place
and bestowed: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12, Jos 7:21; Kg1 21:16; Isa 29:15; Hab 2:6; Zac 5:3, Zac 5:4
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: Kg2 20:14; Gen 3:8, Gen 3:9, Gen 4:9, Gen 16:8
Thy servant: Kg2 5:22; Act 5:3, Act 5:4
no whither: Heb. not hither or thither
he said: Psa 63:11; Pro 12:19, Pro 12:22; Act 5:9
Went: Kg2 6:12; Co1 5:3; Col 2:5
Is it a time: Kg2 5:16; Gen 14:23; Ecc 3:1-8; Mat 10:8; Act 20:33, Act 20:35; Co1 9:11, Co1 9:12; Co2 11:8-12; Th2 3:8, Th2 3:9
leprosy: Kg2 5:1; Jos 7:25; Isa 59:2, Isa 59:3; Hos 10:13; Mal 2:3, Mal 2:4, Mal 2:8, Mal 2:9; Mat 27:3-5; Act 5:5, Act 5:10, Act 8:20; Ti1 6:10; Pe2 2:3
unto thy seed: Sa1 2:30-36; Sa2 3:29