2 Kings 5:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Naaman was wroth; supposing himself despised and mocked by the prophet. Herein he gives an example of the perverseness of mankind, who are apt to prefer their own fancies before God's appointments. Over the place; over or upon the affected part where the leprosy is, without which it seemed to him ridiculous to expect a cure.

2 Kings 5:11

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought,c He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.