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

“ And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. ”

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

Six thousand pieces of gold - Rather, “six thousand shekels of gold.” Coined money did not exist as yet, and was not introduced into Judea until the time of Cyrus. Gold was carried in bars, from...
2 Kings 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and (d) took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten chang...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

king of Israel. Probably Jehoram. talents. See App-51. changes of raiment. See Genesis 45:22 .
2 Kings 5:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes o...
2 Kings 5:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He—took with him ten talents of silver, &c.— See on 1 Kings 14:3 concerning the presents of eatables; besides which, in other cases the presents that anciently were, and of late have been, wo...
2 Kings 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Go to, go. — Depart thou (thither), enter (the land of Israel). A letter. — Written, probably, in that old Aramean script of which we have examples on Assyrian seals of the eighth century B....
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cure for Leprosy 2 Kings 5:1-14 From Assyrian monuments we learn that at this period Syria regained her independence from under the yoke of Assyria, and probably it was during this struggle...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! observe the different conduct induced by nature and grace in the minds of men. When the king of Israel received this letter, nature, untaught of God, made an alarming interpretation. When Hez...
2 Kings 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king of Syria said, go to, go ,.... On what Naaman related to him from what the maid had said, he urged him by all means to go directly to Samaria: and I will send a letter unto the king o...
2 Kings 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and ten changes o...
2 Kings 5:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said, I will send a letter to the king of Israel It was very natural for a king to suppose that the king of Israel could do more than any of his subjects. He took with him ten talents of...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Naaman's Leprosy. B. C. 894. 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was...
2 Kings 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The king of Israel; Jehoram the son of Ahab, 2 Kings 3:1 . I will send a letter unto the king of Israel, desiring him to obtain this favour from the prophet. Ten talents of silver, and six th...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

NAAMAN, THE SYRIAN LEPER CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 5:1 . Naaman was a great man with his master —גִּבּוֹר חַיִל does not refer to mere physical force, but to the high esteem in w...
2 Kings 5:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 5:1-14 The little Hebrew maid was torn from her mother and her playmates at the age of seven or eight, and hurried amid all the alarms of war to a foreign land, robbed at once of home, of...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the King of Syria. The History of Naaman’s disease and cure; illustrative of certain forces in the life of man I. The force of worldly position. Why all the i...
2 Kings 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Testimony of the Slave Girl
2 Kings 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:7 ; 1 Kings 22:3 ; 1 Samuel 9:8 ; 2 Kings 8:8 ; 2 Kings 8:9 ; Acts 8:18-20 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1 ; Genesis 11:3 ; Genesis 11:7 ; Genesis 45:22 ; Isaiah 5:5 ; James 4:13 ; James 5...
2 Kings 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go to, &c. — It was very natural for a king to suppose, that the king of Israel could do more than any of his subjects.

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

2 Kings 5:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

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

2 Kings 5:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Kings 5:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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

2 Kings 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Kings 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 5:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes