2 Kings 5:13

servants. Again used by God. Compare verses: 2 Kings 5:2-4.

My father.. title of honour and affection.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, (g) My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 perc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Father has the same sense and meaning here, as master. Every master of a family may be said to be the father of it, in this point of view. But what I...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 expre...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, [if] the prophet had bid thee [do some] great thing, wouldest thou not have done...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His servants came near Though at other times they kept their distance, and now saw him in a passion, yet knowing him to be a man that would hear re...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My father; or, our father ; so they call him, both to show their reverence and affection to him, and to mitigate his exasperated mind.
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 remarka...
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 t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, an address at the same time intimate and respectful, if the prophet had bid the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

My father — Or, our father. So they call him, to shew their reverence and affection to him.

¹³ And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 5:13

Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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