2 Kings 5:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? ”

2 Kings 5:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He lighted down from the chariot - This was an act of quite uncalled-for courtesy. It indicates eagerness to honor the master in the person of his servant.
2 Kings 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, (l) he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well? (l) Declaring by it, the honour and affection...
2 Kings 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Naaman Healed of his Leprosy. This story, familiar to all, presupposes a time of peace between Israel and Syria. As in 1 Kings 20, the king of Syria addresses the king of Israel (unnamed here) as h...
2 Kings 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Is all well? Hebrew Is it peace?
2 Kings 5:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 367 THE HYPOCRISY OF GEHAZI 2 Kings 5:21-22 . So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is al...
2 Kings 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? He lighted down from the chariot - He treats even...
2 Kings 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 5:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Healing of Naaman and the Punishment of Gehazi 1. The Lord.. Syria] Possibly the enemies from whom the Syrians had been saved were the Assyrians. Naaman, in delivering his countrymen from them...
2 Kings 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He lighted down from the chariot to meet him. — An Oriental mark of respect. Literally, fell from off the chariot: an expression denoting haste ( Genesis 24:64 ). The LXX. has “he turned,” which im...
2 Kings 5:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE STORY OF NAAMAN 2 Kings 5:1-27 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. Matthew 8:3 AFTER these shorter...
2 Kings 5:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Penalty of Greed 2 Kings 5:15-27 Naaman was so grateful that he came twenty miles out of his way to render thanks to the man of God, bringing a great sum as a gift. Notice his whole-souled...
2 Kings 5:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

When Elijah had felt that he alone was left loyal to God he had been told of seven thousand who had not bowed the knee to Baal. One of these, or perchance the child of one, stands before us in this n...
2 Kings 5:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I cannot pass over the review of these verses, without desiring the Reader to stop and remark with me, one or two circumstances which deserve our observation. What an awful character was this Gehazi!...
2 Kings 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
2 Kings 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well? Ver. 2l. So Gehazi followed. ] Being acted and...
2 Kings 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He lighted down from his chariot to meet him Thereby testifying his great respect to the prophet his master, He said My master hath sent me , &c. This story of Gehazi was a very unlikely one:...
2 Kings 5:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

NAAMAN THE LEPER HEALED (vv.1-19) The history continues in this chapter to focus attention, not on the kings, but on Elisha the man of God. When the kings had failed so badly the Lord used a pro...
2 Kings 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Naaman's Gratitude. B. C. 894. 20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said...
2 Kings 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He lighted down from the chariot to meet him thereby testifying his great respect to the prophet his master.
2 Kings 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Healing Of Naaman, The General Of Aram (Syria) And The Smiting Of Gehazi, The Servant Of Elisha ( 2 Kings 5:1-27 ). This is not only a remarkable story in that it recounts the healing by YHWH...
2 Kings 5:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 5:21 . He lighted down from the chariot —Not merely dismounted, but quickly did so sprang out of the chariot, נָפל, to cast oneself , to throw oneself...
2 Kings 5:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 5:8 . When Elisha heard that the king had rent his clothes, he laid the case before the Lord and received his instruction how to proceed. 2 Kings 5:10 . Elisha sent a messenger, to cur...
2 Kings 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha. Gehazi The name Gehazi means “valley of vision,” and is appropriate enough if we think of what Gehazi saw as to the nature of wickedness when the prophet opened h...
2 Kings 5:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 5:1-12 THE CURE OF NAAMAN 'S LEPROSY . HIS GRATITUDE ; AND THE SIN OF GEHAZI , The historian continues his narrative of Elisha's miracles, commenced i...
2 Kings 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gehazi's Covetousness
2 Kings 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:26 ; 2 Kings 9:17-22 ; Acts 10:25 ; Acts 10:26 ; Acts 8:31 ; Luke 7:6 ; Luke 7:7

2 Kings 5:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 5:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Kings 5:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 5:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 5:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 5:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 5:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 5:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 5:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 5:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge