列王纪下 5:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以色列王讀了這信後，就撕裂自己的衣服，說：“我是　神，能使人死使人活嗎？這人竟派人到我這裡來，要我治好他的痲風。請你們想想看，他是要找機會攻擊我。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 色 列 王 看 了 信 就 撕 裂 衣 服 ， 说 ： 我 岂 是 　 神 ， 能 使 人 死 使 人 活 呢 ？ 这 人 竟 打 发 人 来 ， 叫 我 治 好 他 的 大 ? 疯 。 你 们 看 一 看 ， 这 人 何 以 寻 隙 攻 击 我 呢 ？

Contextual Overview

¹ Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was honored by his master, and he had much respect because the Lord used him to give victory to Aram. He was a mighty and brave man, but he had a skin disease. ² The Arameans had gone out to raid the Israelites and had taken a little girl as a captive. This little girl served Naaman's wife. ³ She said to her mistress, "I wish my master would meet the prophet who lives in Samaria. He would cure him of his disease." ⁴ Naaman went to the king and told him what the girl from Israel had said. ⁵ The king of Aram said, "Go ahead, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman left and took with him about seven hundred fifty pounds of silver, as well as one hundred fifty pounds of gold and ten changes of clothes. ⁶ He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, "I am sending my servant Naaman to you so you can heal him of his skin disease." ⁷ When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes to show how upset he was. He said, "I'm not God! I can't kill and make alive again! Why does this man send someone with a skin disease for me to heal? You can see that the king of Aram is trying to start trouble with me." ⁸ When Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent the king this message: "Why have you torn your clothes? Let Naaman come to me. Then he will know there is a prophet in Israel."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

that he rent: 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 18:37, 2 Kings 19:1, Numbers 14:6, Jeremiah 36:24, Matthew 26:65, Acts 14:14

Amos I God: Genesis 30:2, Deuteronomy 32:29, 1 Samuel 2:6, Daniel 2:11, Hosea 6:1

see how: 1 Kings 20:7, Luke 11:54

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:19 - for am I Exodus 4:8 - that they Leviticus 14:3 - be healed Deuteronomy 32:39 - I kill 1 Samuel 28:9 - wherefore 2 Kings 5:8 - rent his clothes 2 Kings 6:30 - he rent his clothes Ecclesiastes 3:7 - time to rend Isaiah 36:22 - with their Joel 2:13 - your garments Matthew 8:4 - for Matthew 11:5 - the lepers Mark 1:40 - if thou John 5:21 - as

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes,.... As one in great distress, being thrown into perplexity of mind by it, not knowing what to do; or, as some think, at the blasphemy he supposed to be in it, requiring that of him which only God could do:

and said, am I God, to kill and to make alive; or have the power of life and death, which only belongs to the Supreme Being:

that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy; for a leper was reckoned as one dead, his disease incurable, his flesh upon him being mortified by it, see Numbers 12:12 and therefore not supposed to be in the power of man, only of God, to cure; and therefore, in Israel, none had anything to do with the leper but the priest, in the name of God:

wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me; to pick a quarrel with him, in order to go to war with him as he supposed. This seems to have been spoken to his lords and courtiers about him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He rent his clothes - The action indicated alarm and terror quite as much as sorrow 2 Samuel 13:19; Ezra 9:3; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Jeremiah 36:22.

Consider, I pray you - Jehoram speaks to his chief officers, and bids them mark the animus of the Syrian monarch. Compare the conduct of Ahab 1 Kings 20:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:7. Am I God, to kill and to make alive — He spoke thus under the conviction that God alone could cure the leprosy; which, indeed, was universally acknowledged: and must have been as much a maxim among the Syrians as among the Israelites, for the disorder was equally prevalent in both countries; and in both equally incurable. See the notes on Leviticus 13:0 and Leviticus 14:0. And it was this that led the king of Israel to infer that the Syrian king sought a quarrel with him, in desiring him to do a work which God only could do; and then declaring war upon him because he did not do it.