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2 Kings 5:23

in 2 Kings 5

But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

KJV

And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

This verse in 2 Kings 5

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

He - bound two talents of silver - It required two servants to carry these two talents, for, according to the computation above, each talent was about 120lbs. weight.

This site's exposition

I will run after him and get something from him

on 2 Kings 5:20-24

Gehazi decides that his master “has spared this Aramean” and swears “As surely as the LORD lives”, using the oath Elisha had just sworn. Naaman presses “two talents” on him, twice what Gehazi's invented story asked. Naaman's servants reasoned him into obedience, and Elisha's servant reasons himself into theft.

This site's exposition

two talents of silver in two bags

Adam Clarke reckons a talent at about 120 pounds in weight. Two talents were a load for two men, and Naaman gave two servants to carry them. The servants walked ahead of Gehazi with the silver and the clothing.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Naaman said, be content,....

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • נַעֲמָ֔ןNaaman

    naamanH5283 →16 times

  • הוֹאֵ֖לbe willing

    hoelH2974 →

  • קַ֣חaccept

    kachH3947 →966 times

  • כִּכָּרָ֑יִםtwo talents

    kikarayimH3603 →68 times

  • וַיִּפְרָץ־and he urged

    vaiyifrotz-H6555 →

  • בּ֗וֹ<in> him

    bo

  • וַיָּצַר֩and he secured

    vaiyatzarH6696 →38 times

  • כִּכְּרַ֨יִםtwo talents

    kikerayimH3603 →68 times

  • כֶּ֜סֶףsilver

    kesefH3701 →403 times

  • בִּשְׁנֵ֣יin two

    bishneiH8147 →768 times

  • חֲרִטִ֗יםbags

    charitimH2754 →

  • וּשְׁתֵּי֙and two

    usheteiH8147 →768 times

  • חֲלִפ֣וֹתchanges of

    chalifotH2487 →12 times

  • בְּגָדִ֔יםgarments

    begadimH899 →217 times

  • וַיִּתֵּן֙and he gave [them]

    vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • שְׁנֵ֣יtwo of

    sheneiH8147 →768 times

  • נְעָרָ֔יוservants his

    nearavH5288 →239 times

  • וַיִּשְׂא֖וּand they carried [them]

    vaiyisuH5375 →656 times

  • לְפָנָֽיו׃<to> before him

    lefanavH6440 →2123 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:6

    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 8:15

      He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

    • Isaiah 46:1–2

      Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

    • Jeremiah 11:4

      which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My…

    • Deuteronomy 4:20

      Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.

    • Hosea 8:9–10

      For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

  • Through

    1 Kings 20:7

    Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please take note and see that this man is looking for trouble, for when he demanded my wives, my children,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 5:7

      When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see…

  • Through

    2 Kings 12:10

    Whenever they saw that there was a large amount of money in the chest, the royal scribe and the high priest would go up, count the money brought into the house of the LORD,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 8:17

      Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

  • Through

    2 Kings 2:17

    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 8:11

      Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.