cleave. Elisha's eleventh miracle. See note on 2 Kings 2:15.
a leper. One of the nine afflicted with leprosy. See note on Exodus 4:6.
as snow. i.e. completely. leper; but not clean ceremonially. See note on Leviticus 13:13.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 5:27
2 Kings 5:27
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.