2 Kings 5:18
In this thing, Yahweh grant forgiveness to thy servant,—When my lord entereth the house of Rimmon, to bow down therein, he leaning upon my hand, and so I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when he boweth down in the house of Rimmon, Yahweh, I pray, grant forgiveness to thy servant, in this thing.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19And he said unto him—Go and prosper! But, when he had gone from him some distance,
Cross References
Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve them—For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, unto three [generations] and, unto four, of them that hate me;
1 Kings 19:18Yet will I leave remaining in Israel, seven thousand,—all knees which have not bowed to Baal, and all mouths which have not kissed to him.
2 Kings 7:17Now, the king, had set the officer on whose hand he leaned, in charge over the gate, and the people trode upon him in the gate, that he died,—as spake the man of God, who said it when the messenger came down to him.
2 Chronicles 30:18For, the multitude of the people, many out of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, for they did eat the passover, otherwise than as was written,—for Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, May Yahweh the Good, put a propitiatory-covering about
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:16-20
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither… Read the whole commentary →