2 Kings 5:15

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
returned	וַיָּשָׁב֩ vai.ya.Shav	H7725	to turn back (hence · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	אִ֨ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
company	מַחֲנֵ֗הוּ ma.cha.Ne.hu	H4264	an encampment (of travellers or troops) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
came	וַיָּבֹא֮ vai.ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
stood	וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד vai.ya.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
before	לְפָנָיו֒ le.fa.Nav	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
know	יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ ya.Da'.ti	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
God	אֱלֹהִים֙ 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
earth	הָאָ֔רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
Israel	בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל be.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name
take	קַח kach-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
blessing	בְרָכָ֖ה ve.ra.Khah	H1293	benediction · noun, common feminine singular absolute
servant	עַבְדֶּֽךָ 'av.De.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Daniel 2:47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, s…
Daniel 6:26-27 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast…
Joshua 2:9-11 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitant…
Joshua 9:9 And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of…
1 Samuel 17:46-47 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of th…
1 Samuel 25:27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
1 Kings 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham,…
2 Kings 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefor…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:15-19

Of the ten lepers that our Saviour cleansed, the only one that returned to give thanks was a Samaritan, Luk 17:16. This Syrian did so, and here expresses himself. I. Convinced of the power of the God of Israel, not only that he is God, but that he is God alone, and that indeed there is no God in all the earth but in Israel (Kg2 5:15) - a noble confession, but such as intimates the misery of the Gentile world; for the nations that had many gods really had no God, but were without God in the world. He had formerly thought the gods of Syria gods indeed, but now experience had rectified his mistake, and he knew Israel's God was God alone, the sovereign Lord of all. Had he seen other lepers clean…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 5:15

ELISHA REFUSES NAAMAN'S GIFTS. (Kg2 5:15-19) he returned to the man of God--After the miraculous cure, Naaman returned to Elisha, to whom he acknowledged his full belief in the sole supremacy of the God of Israel and offered him a liberal reward. But to show that he was not actuated by the mercenary motives of the heathen priests and prophets, Elisha, though he accepted presents on other occasions (Kg2 4:42), respectfully but firmly declined them on this, being desirous that the Syrians should see the piety of God's servants, and their superiority to all worldly and selfish motives in promoting the honor of God and the interests of true religion.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 5:15

He returned to the man of God - He saw that the hand of the Lord was upon him; he felt gratitude for his cleansing; and came back to acknowledge, in the most public way, his obligation to God and his servant. Stood before him - He was now truly humbled, and left all his state behind him. It is often the case that those who have least to value themselves on are proud and haughty; whereas the most excellent of the earth are the most humble, knowing that they have nothing but what they have received. Naaman, the leper, was more proud and dictatorial than he was when cleansed of his leprosy. There is no God in all the earth - Those termed gods are no gods; the God of Israel is sole God in all th…

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Dictionary and topics

Elisha — God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his…
Gift — (1.) An gratuity (Prov. 19:6) to secure favour (18:16; 21:14), a thank-offering (Num. 18:11), or a dowry (Gen. 34:12). (2.) An oblation or proppitatory gift (2Sa 8:2, 6; 1Ch 18:2, 6; 2Ch 26:8; Ps.…
Naaman — Pleasantness, a Syrian, the commander of the armies of Benhadad II. in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He was afflicted with leprosy; and when the little Hebrew slave-girl that waited on his wife…
Elisha · .Heals Naaman the leper — .Heals Naaman the leper
Joram · his leprosy — his leprosy
Naaman · 4. A Syrian general, healed of leprosy by Elisha — 4. A Syrian general, healed of leprosy by Elisha
Prophets · Sometimes thought it right to reject presents — Sometimes thought it right to reject presents

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 5:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 5:15

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 5:15

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 5:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:15-19

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 5:15

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 5:15

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Kings 5:15

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 5:1-19

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 5:15-16

Rashi on 2 Kings 5:15