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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said, my father,.... Or my lord, as the Targum; this being not a familiar and affectionate expression, but a term of honour, reverence, and submission: if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? something that was hard and difficult to done, or painful to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God,.... He listened to the reasoning of his servant, and his passion subsided, and did as the prophet ordered him: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child; clear and fresh, soft and tender as an infant, quite new flesh: and he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company,.... To give him thanks for the advice he had given him, and by him to give thanks to God for the cure he had received; for he was sensible it was from the Lord, his words show: and came and stood before him; for being admitted into the prophet's house, instead of the prophet standing...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But he said, as the Lord liveth, before whom I stand,.... Whose minister and prophet he was, and by whom he swears: I will receive none: to let him know that this cure was not to be attributed to him, but the Lord only; and that what concern he had in it was not for the sake of money, but for the glory of the God of Israel: and he urged him to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Naaman said, shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth..... Not that he desired of Elisha that he would suffer his servant Gehazi to receive a present as much as two mules could carry; but inasmuch as the prophet refused a present from him, his servant, he asks a favour of him, that he would permit...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant,.... Which he next mentions, and on account of which he desires the prayers of Elisha for him, as the Vulgate Latin version; or it may be, this is a prayer of his own, put up at this time to the true Jehovah, in whom he believed: that when my master: meaning the king of Syria: goeth into the house of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto him,.... That is, the prophet said to Naaman: go in peace: in peace of mind; be assured that God has pardoned this and all other transgressions: so he departed from him a little way; about a mile, as the Targum, and so other Jewish writers; of this phrase, [See comments on Genesis 35:16], some say a land's length, that is, about...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God said,.... Within himself, observing what had passed: behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: he speaks contemptibly of Naaman, as an alien from the commonwealth of Israel, and reproaches his master for letting him go free, without paying...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So Gehazi followed after Naaman,.... As fast as he could: and when Naaman saw him running after him; which he might observe, looking back, or be informed of by some of his servants: he lighted down from the chariot to meet him; in honour to the prophet, whose servant he was: and said, is all well? fearing something ill had befallen Elisha; or he...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said, all is well,.... He need give himself no uneasiness at the coming and sight of him: my master hath sent me, saying, behold, even now there be come to me; just then, since he departed from him: from Mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: where perhaps was a school of them: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Naaman said, be content,.... Or be pleased; do not object to it: take two talents: a talent for each young man, which amounted to between three hundred and four hundred pounds apiece: and he urged; pressed him hard, insisted upon his taking them, who might pretend a great deal of modesty, and a strict regard to his master's orders: and bound...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he came to the tower,.... Of Samaria, or which was near it; a fortified place, and where was a watch, to whom he could safely commit the money and clothes: he took them from their hand; not willing they should go any further with him, lest the affair should be discovered to his master: and bestowed [them] in the house; deposited them...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he said unto him, went not mine heart with thee?.... Did my heart or knowledge go from me, that what thou hast done should be hid from me? so Ben Gersom and others; or my heart did not go with thee, it was contrary to my mind and will what thou didst; so Abendana; or rather, as the Targum, by a spirit of prophecy it was shown unto me, c. I...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever,.... As long as any of his race remained; as through his covetousness he had his money, so for his punishment he should have his disease: and he went out from his presence; as one ashamed and confounded, and discharged from his master's service: a leper [as white]...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 6 In this chapter are recorded other wonders of Elisha, as causing iron to swim, 2 Kings 6:1 having knowledge of the secret counsels of the king of Syria, which he disclosed to the king of Israel, 2 Kings 6:8 smiting the Syrian army with blindness sent to take him, and which he led into the midst of Samaria, 2 Kings 6:13,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha,.... Or the disciples of the prophets, as the Targum: behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us: their numbers were so increased, that there was not room enough for them in the house they dwelt in with the prophet; which increase was owing, the Jews (z) say, to the departure...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the wondrous works of Elisha. 1. His making iron to swim, ver. 1-7. 2. His disclosing to the king of Israel the secret counsels of the king of Syria, ver. 8-12. 3. His saving himself out of the hands of those who were sent to apprehend him, ver. 13-23. II. The besieging of Samaria by the Syrians and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them companies of young men whom they instructed in the holy Scripture and in the truths of revelation. Many of these young men became prophets themselves and were the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan,.... Which, according to Josephus (a), was fifty furlongs, or upwards of six miles, distant from Gilgal: and take thence every man a beam; by cutting down the trees that grew there; for Mr. Maundrell says (b), the banks of Jordan are beset with bushes and trees, which are an harbour for wild beasts; and another...