2 Kings 5:1
Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and + 5:1 Gr. wondered at in countenance.highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, but a leper.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 13:2If any man should have in the skin of his flesh a bright clear spot, and there should be in the skin of his flesh a plague of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests.
Numbers 12:10And the cloud departed from the tabernacle; and, behold, Mariam was leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Mariam, and, behold, she was leprous.
2 Samuel 3:29+ 3:29 Gr. Lit. them. ( sc. bloods) meet.Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.
2 Kings 5:27The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.
2 Chronicles 26:19And Ozias was angry, and in his hand was the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:1
Two more of Elisha's miracles are recorded in this chapter. I. The cleansing of Naaman, a Syrian, a stranger, from his leprosy, and there, 1. The badness of his case, ver. 1 . 2. The providence that brought him to Elisha, the intelligence given him by a captive maid, ver. 2-4 . A letter from the king of Syria to the king of Israel, to introduce him, ver. 5-7 . And the invitation Elisha sent him, ver. 8 . 3. The method prescribed for his cure, his submission, with much ado, to that method, and his cure thereby,… Read the whole commentary →