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La Bibbia di Giovanni Diodati

2 Re 5:15

Allora egli ritornò all’uomo di Dio, con tutto il suo seguito, e venne, e si presentò davanti a lui, e disse: Ecco, ora io conosco che non vi è alcun Dio in tutta la terra, se non in Israele; ora dunque, ti prego, prendi un presente dal tuo servitore.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   Elisha;   Joram;   Miracles;   Naaman;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Earthly;   Home;   Incorruptibility of Leaders;   Leaders;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Reformers, Incorruptible;   Religion;   Religious;   Reward;   Reward-Punishment;   Stories for Children;   The Topic Concordance - God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gifts;   Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gifts;   Rezeph;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Earth, Land;   Elisha;   Evangelism;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Damascus;   Elisha;   Naaman;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Naaman ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Naaman;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Blessing;   Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Gifts;   Naaman;   Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Naaman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Monotheism;  

Parallel Translations

La Nuova Diodati
Poi torn con tutto il suo seguito dalluomo di DIO, and a presentarsi davanti a lui e disse: "Ecco, ora riconosco che non c alcun DIO in tutta la terra, se non in Israele. Perci ora, ti prego, accetta un dono dal tuo servo".
Riveduta Bibbia
Poi tornò con tutto il suo séguito all’uomo di Dio, andò a presentarsi davanti a lui, e disse: "Ecco, io riconosco adesso che non v’è alcun Dio in tutta la terra, fuorché in Israele. Ed ora, ti prego, accetta un regalo dal tuo servo".

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he returned: Luke 17:15-18

now I know: 2 Kings 5:8, Joshua 2:9-11, Joshua 9:9, Joshua 9:24, 1 Samuel 17:46, 1 Samuel 17:47, 1 Kings 18:36, Isaiah 43:10, Isaiah 43:11, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 44:8, Isaiah 45:6, Jeremiah 10:10, Jeremiah 10:11, Jeremiah 16:19-21, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 3:29, Daniel 4:34, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27, Romans 10:10

a blessing: Genesis 33:11, 1 Samuel 25:27, 2 Corinthians 9:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:11 - Now I Joshua 4:24 - all the people 1 Samuel 30:26 - present 1 Kings 13:7 - I will give 1 Kings 14:3 - And take 2 Kings 1:3 - it 2 Kings 3:12 - Israel 2 Kings 19:15 - thou art the God 2 Chronicles 6:32 - is come Isaiah 36:16 - Make an agreement with me by a present Isaiah 37:16 - thou art Matthew 10:8 - freely ye Acts 8:18 - he offered Acts 8:20 - thou 2 Corinthians 8:4 - that 3 John 1:7 - taking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company,.... To give him thanks for the advice he had given him, and by him to give thanks to God for the cure he had received; for he was sensible it was from the Lord, his words show:

and came and stood before him; for being admitted into the prophet's house, instead of the prophet standing before him, as he before expected, he now stood before the prophet in veneration of him, and sensible of his obligation to him:

behold, now I know there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; though he did not before, but his cure fully convinced him of it:

I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant; not a wish of health and happiness, which the prophet would not have refused, but a present; the Targum calls it an offering.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He returned - Naaman was grateful (compare Luke 17:15). From the Jordan to Samaria was a distance of not less than 32 miles. Naaman further went to Damascus, far out of his way, lengthening his necessary journey by at least three days. His special object in returning seems to have been to relieve his feelings of obligation by inducing the prophet to accept a “blessing,” i. e. a gift.

There is no God ... - Compare the marginal references; but in none of them are the expressions quite so strong as here. Naaman seems absolutely to renounce all belief in any other God but Yahweh.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:15. He returned to the man of God — He saw that the hand of the Lord was upon him; he felt gratitude for his cleansing; and came back to acknowledge, in the most public way, his obligation to God and his servant.

Stood before him — He was now truly humbled, and left all his state behind him. It is often the case that those who have least to value themselves on are proud and haughty; whereas the most excellent of the earth are the most humble, knowing that they have nothing but what they have received. Naaman, the leper, was more proud and dictatorial than he was when cleansed of his leprosy.

There is no God in all the earth — Those termed gods are no gods; the God of Israel is sole God in all the earth. See my sermon on this subject.

Take a blessing — Accept a present. Take an expiatory gift. - Arabic. He desired to offer something for his cleansing. He thought it right thus to acknowledge the hand from which he had received his healing, and thus honour the Lord by giving something to his servant.


 
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