2 Kings 5:13

Contextual Overview

⁹So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. ⁹ So Na`aman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. ⁹ So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. ⁹ So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. ⁹ So Naaman went with his horses and chariots to Elisha's house and stood outside the door. ⁹ So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha's house. ⁹So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at the entrance of Elisha's house. ⁹ So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots, and stood at the doorway of Elisha's house. ⁹ Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his charets, and stoode at the doore of the house of Elisha. ⁹So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

Bible Verse Review
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his servants: 2 Kings 5:3, 1 Samuel 25:14-17, 1 Kings 20:23, 1 Kings 20:31, Job 32:8, Job 32:9, Jeremiah 38:7-10

My father: 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 13:14, Genesis 41:43, Malachi 1:6, Matthew 23:9, 1 Corinthians 4:15

how much rather: 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 1:27

Wash: 2 Kings 5:10, Psalms 51:2, Psalms 51:7, Isaiah 1:16, John 13:8, Acts 22:16, Ephesians 5:26, Ephesians 5:27, Titus 3:5, Hebrews 10:22, 1 Peter 3:21, Revelation 7:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:2 - clean Ruth 2:8 - my daughter 1 Samuel 9:10 - Well said 1 Samuel 24:11 - my father 1 Samuel 25:17 - that a man 2 Kings 6:12 - Elisha 2 Kings 7:13 - one 1 Corinthians 9:11 - a great 2 Corinthians 11:15 - no Ephesians 6:7 - good 1 Timothy 6:1 - count

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said, my father,.... Or my lord, as the Targum; this being not a familiar and affectionate expression, but a term of honour, reverence, and submission:

if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? something that was hard and difficult to done, or painful to bear, to go through some severe operation, or disagreeable course of physic:

how much rather then when he saith to thee, wash, and be clean? which is so easy to be done; though Abarbinel observes it may be interpreted, the prophet has bid thee do a great thing, and which is wonderful; for though he has said, wash and be clean, consider it a great thing, and which is a wonderful mystery, and therefore do not despise his cure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:13. My father — A title of the highest respect and affection.

Had bid thee do some great thing — If the prophet had appointed thee to do something very difficult in itself, and very expensive to thee, wouldst thou not have done it? With much greater reason shouldst thou do what will occupy little time, be no expense, and is easy to be performed.