列王纪下 5:16

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以利沙說：“我指著我所事奉永活的耶和華起誓，我決不收取任何禮物。”乃縵再三促請他接受，都被他拒絕。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 利 沙 说 ： 我 指 着 所 事 奉 永 生 的 耶 和 华 起 誓 ， 我 必 不 受 。 乃 缦 再 三 地 求 他 ， 他 却 不 受 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Naaman and all his group returned to Elisha. He stood before Elisha and said, "Look, I now know there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. Now please accept a gift from me." ¹⁶ But Elisha said, "As surely as the Lord lives whom I serve, I won't accept anything." Naaman urged him to take the gift, but he refused. ¹⁷ Then Naaman said, "If you won't take the gift, then please give me some soil—as much as two of my mules can carry. From now on I'll not offer any burnt offering or sacrifice to any other gods but the Lord . ¹⁸ But let the Lord pardon me for this: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship, he leans on my arm. Then I must bow in that temple. May the Lord pardon me when I do that." ¹⁹ Elisha said to him, "Go in peace." Naaman left Elisha and went a short way.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As the Lord: 2 Kings 3:14, 1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:15

I will receive: 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Kings 5:26, Genesis 14:22, Genesis 14:23, 1 Kings 13:8, Daniel 5:17, Matthew 10:8, Acts 8:18-20, Acts 20:33-35, 1 Corinthians 6:12, 1 Corinthians 10:32, 1 Corinthians 10:33, 2 Corinthians 11:9, 2 Corinthians 11:10, 2 Corinthians 12:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 33:11 - urged him 1 Kings 1:29 - As the 1 Kings 8:41 - cometh out 2 Kings 5:23 - And he urged him Acts 8:20 - thou 2 Corinthians 8:4 - that 2 Corinthians 12:17 - General Philippians 4:15 - in the 3 John 1:7 - taking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But he said, as the Lord liveth, before whom I stand,.... Whose minister and prophet he was, and by whom he swears:

I will receive none: to let him know that this cure was not to be attributed to him, but the Lord only; and that what concern he had in it was not for the sake of money, but for the glory of the God of Israel:

and he urged him to take it, but he refused it; Naaman was very pressing upon him to receive a gift from him, but he could not be prevailed upon to accept it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will receive none - The prophets were in the habit of receiving presents from those who consulted them 1 Samuel 9:7-8; 1 Kings 14:3, but Elisha refused. It was important that Naaman should not suppose that the prophets of the true God acted from motives of self-interest, much less imagine that “the gift of God might be purchased with money” Acts 8:20.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:16. I will receive none. — It was very common to give presents to all great and official men; and among these, prophets were always included: but as it might have appeared to the Syrians that he had taken the offered presents as a remuneration for the cure performed, he refused; for as God alone did the work, he alone should have all the glory.