2 Kings 5:1

Now, Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man in presence of his lord, and held in honour, because, by him, had Yahweh given deliverance to Syria,—and, the man, was a hero of valour—[but], a leper.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.

In Context

2Now, the Syrians, had gone out in companies, and had brought back out of the land of Israel, a little maiden,—who became an attendant on the wife of Naaman.

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Cross References

Leviticus 13:2When, any man, shall have—in the skin of his flesh—a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it shall become in the skin of his flesh the plague-spot of leprosy, then shall he be brought in unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests;

Numbers 12:10And, when, the cloud, removed from off the tent,—lo! Miriam, leprous, like snow! And Aaron turned unto Miriam and lo! …leprous!

2 Samuel 3:29Let it be hurled upon the head of Joab, and against all his father’s house,—and let there not fail from the house of Joab—one that hath an issue, or a leper, or one that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

2 Kings 5:27The leprosy of Naaman, therefore, shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed, to times age-abiding. And he went forth from before him—a leper—like snow.

2 Chronicles 26:19Then was Uzziah wroth, and, in his hand, was a censer, to burn incense,—and, when he was wroth with the priests, a leprosy, shot forth in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of Yahweh, from off the altar of incense.

Esther 10:3For, Mordecai the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and became great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren,—seeking happiness for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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 →

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