--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Naaman. Note the five servants in this chapter: 1. The King" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/2-kings/5" --- **Naaman.** Note the five servants in this chapter: 1. The King's servant (Naaman) [2 Kings 5:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/1) . 2. Naaman's wife's servant (the maid), [2 Kings 5:2](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/2) . 3. Jehovah's servant (Elisha), [2 Kings 5:8](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/8) . 4. Naaman's servants ([2 Kings 5:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/13) ). 5. The Prophet's servant (Gehazi), [2 Kings 5:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/20) . **was** = had come to be. **by him.** An unconscious instrument. **the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **deliverance.** Probably from the Assyrians. **but, &c.** Figure of speech *Anesis.* App-6 . **a leper.** Compare [Leviticus 13](../../../kjv/leviticus/13) . Not regarded ceremonially by heathen. Not far gone ([2 Kings 5:19](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/19) ). Probably only in initial stage. One of nine so afflicted. See note on [Exodus 4:6](../../../kjv/exodus/4/6) . The story of Naaman may be compared with the parallel in [John 9](../../../kjv/john/9) . **companies** = marauding bands. Compare [2 Kings 6:23](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/23) . **Would God, &c.** Figure of speech *Ejaculatio.* App-6 . **in Samaria.** This is the girl's expression. Samaria was where she had heard of him. **king of Israel.** Probably Jehoram. **talents.** See App-51 . **changes of raiment.** See [Genesis 45:22](../../../kjv/genesis/45/22) . **recover.** A *Homonym,* with another meaning, to snatch away or destroy, as in [Psalms 26:9](../../../kjv/psalms/26/9) and [Jeremiah 16:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/16/5) . See notes there. **Am I God . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* (the Creator). App-4 . **man of God.** See App-49 . **door** = entrance. **Go and wash.** Compare [John 9:7](../../../kjv/john/9/7) , and other commands: "Go, call" ([John 4:16](../../../kjv/john/4/16) ); "Go, sell" ([Matthew 19:21](../../../kjv/matthew/19/21) ). **wash** = bathe (ceremonially). See note on [Leviticus 14:9](../../../kjv/leviticus/14/9) . **I thought.** Compare [2 Kings 5:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/15) , "Now I know". Human thought and Divine certitude. **strike** = wave, move, or pass. **Are not. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . **Abana.** Some codices, and three early printed editions, read "Amana". **rivers.** Hebrew. *nahar* , an ever-flowing stream. (Not *nahal,* a summer stream.) Rising in Mount Hermon and losing themselves in a lake near Damascus. **Damascus.** Used of the district, or of the city near which they flowed and were known. **in a rage.** One of eleven rulers offended with God's servants for speaking the truth. See note on [Exodus 10:28](../../../kjv/exodus/10/28) . **servants.** Again used by God. Compare verses: [2 Kings 5:2-4](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/2-4) . **My father.** A title of honour and affection. **came again.** The tenth miracle of Elisha. See note on [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15) . **child** = boy. **returned.** About thirty miles. **now I know.** Compare "Behold, I thought", [2 Kings 5:11](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/11) . **take** = accept. **blessing** = a present. Compare [Genesis 33:11](../../../kjv/genesis/33/11) .[Judges 1:15](../../../kjv/judges/1/15) . **before, &c.** A phrase referring to priesthood, for the sacrifices Naaman speaks of ([2 Kings 5:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/17) ). **earth** = soil. Naaman may have heard of [Exodus 20:24](../../../kjv/exodus/20/24) . **offer** = prepare. See App-43 . **Simmon.** The Assyrian storm-god Ramman. **worship** = bow down himself. leaneth. Compare 2Ki 7:2 , [2 Kings 7:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/17) . **the LORD pardon** = Jehovah pardon. Some codices add "I pray thee", but marked "to be cancelled". **Go in peace.** God's servants are not "directors of conscience", but ministers of His Word. To have sanctioned it would have recognized idolatry. To have forbidden it would have put Naaman under a yoke to Elisha. It was for Naaman to decide whether he could do this thing, and be at "peace". **a little way.** A phrase found only here and [Genesis 35:16](../../../kjv/genesis/35/16) with [Genesis 48:7](../../../kjv/genesis/48/7) . = a stone's throw. **servant** = young man. **somewhat** = a trifle. **Is all well?** Hebrew Is it peace? **mount Ephraim.** There were two schools of the prophets there: Beth-el and Gilgal. Compare [2 Kings 2:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/1) ; [2 Kings 2:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/3) . **take** = accept. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and accept". **Went not . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* = Did not my heart beat? **cleave.** Elisha's eleventh miracle. See note on [2 Kings 2:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/2/15) . **a leper.** One of the nine afflicted with leprosy. See note on [Exodus 4:6](../../../kjv/exodus/4/6) . **as snow.** i.e. completely a leper; but not clean ceremonially. 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