Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 5:1
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2 Kings5:1
NOw Naaman captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master , and honourable , because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper.
In great power and favour with the King of Syria.
Highly esteemed both for his quality and success.
Which expression he useth, partly, to mind the Israelites, that all the hurt they had from the Syrians was from the Lord, who used them as his Rod, and gave them the successes against Israel, which are Recorded; and partly, to check that proud conceit which then was working, and afterwards more fully discovered it self in the Israelitish Nation, as if the Care, and Providence, and Goodness of God, were wholly confined to themselves, and not imparted to any other People.
Marginal references: Heb. before.; [illegible: 1 word], gracious.; Heb. lifted up, [illegible: 1+ letters]r, accepted in countenance.; Or, victory.
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