2 Kings 5:17 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 5:17

“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.

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ASV

And Naaman said, If not, yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah.

KJV

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 burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.

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Commentary

3 voices

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 5:17 (373)

Naaman the Aramean asked for some dust from the promised land in order to cause the shame of Israel, as I think, so that they might be ashamed that a stranger believed that even the dust of their land was filled with God, while the …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was a happy cure of his leprosy which cured him of his idolatry, a more dangerous disease. But here are two instances of his weakness and infirmity in his conversion:-- 1. In one instance he over-did it, that he would not only worship the God of Israel, but he would have clods of earth out of the prophet's garden, or at least of the prophet's ordering, to make an altar of,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Two mules’ burden of earth - This earth, Naaman thought, spread over a portion of Syrian ground, would hallow and render it suitable for the worship of Yahweh.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֮	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
נַעֲמָן֒	na.'a.Man	Naaman	H5283 →
וָלֹ֕א	va.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
יֻתַּן־	yu.tan-	let it be given	H5414 →
נָ֣א	na'	please	H4994 →
לְעַבְדְּךָ֔	le.'av.de.Kha	to servant your	H5650 →
מַשָּׂ֥א	ma.Sa'	[the] load of	H4853 →
צֶֽמֶד־	tze.med-	a pair of	H6776 →
פְּרָדִ֖ים	pe.ra.Dim	mules	H6505 →
אֲדָמָ֑ה	'a.da.Mah	earth	H127 →
כִּ֡י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֽוֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
יַעֲשֶׂה֩	ya.'a.Seh	he will offer	H6213 →
ע֨וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
עַבְדְּךָ֜	'av.de.Kha	servant your	H5650 →
עֹלָ֤ה	'o.Lah	burnt offering	H5930 →
וָזֶ֙בַח֙	va.Ze.vach	and sacrifice	H2077 →
לֵאלֹהִ֣ים	le.lo.Him	to gods	H430 →
אֲחֵרִ֔ים	'a.che.Rim	other	H312 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
לַיהוָֽה׃	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Acts 20:32
  And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
Through
Exodus 20:24
You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:5
  Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.
- Psalms 132:13–14
  For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:
- 2 Chronicles 6:6
  But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Through
Romans 14:1
Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
leads to
- Romans 15:1
  We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 2 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 2 Kings