Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Kings 5:1

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2 Kings5:1

CHAPTER 5

2Ki 5:1-7. Naaman's Leprosy.

1. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master--highly esteemed for his military character and success.

and honourable--rather, "very rich."

but he was a leper--This leprosy, which, in Israel, would have excluded him from society, did not affect his free intercourse in the court of Syria.

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