David Guzik commentary on 2 Kings 5, where the leper Naaman comes to Elisha, who instructs him to wash in the Jordan seven times, and Naaman gets healed.

But it was a vast sum that he took for this purpose; for if they were Hebrew talents, the silver only amounted to four thousand five hundred pounds sterling.

1Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria.

The king of Moab provokes a rebellion against the king of Israel, and Jehoram goes to put it down. He calls upon Jehoshaphat to fulfil his treaty obligations.

8 мар. 2024 г. · 2 Kings 5 Short Summary: Naaman, the commander of the Syrian army, sought out the prophet Elisha to be healed of his leprosy.

2 Kings 5:5. And the king of Syria said, go to, go. On what Naaman related to him from what the maid had said, he urged him by all means to go directly to ...

The story of the healing of Naaman is about entitlement, power, and pride. It is about the shame attached to a chronic and visible bodily abnormality.

This one miracle Elisha wrought for Naaman, a Syrian; for God does good to all, and will have all men to be saved.

This episode showcases God's willingness to extend His grace beyond Israel, highlighting the transformative power of faith, particularly in unexpected places.

The fifth chapter of 2 Kings is all about expectations and what different people expected God to do. We are introduced to a commander of the Syrian army whose ...