Leaves of a Vine,and are very bitter, and pernicious to the eater.
40 So they poured our for the men to eat : and ir
came to paſs as they were eating of the pottage, that
they cryed out, and ſaid, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot z : and they could not eat thereof.
z i»e. Some deadly thing : which they gathered from its exceſlive bitterneſs, by which poſhbly ſome of them m1ght diſcern whar it Was.
41 But he faid, then bring meal : and he caſt it into
the Por &: and he ſaid, Pour out for the people, that
they may eat : and there was ro | harm in the pot 1. +Heb.evi! |
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k Together with the Pottage which they bad taken out of it. ching.
I The Meal rook away that hurtful quality,nor.by its natural Power, which could do little in ſo ſhort a time, but by the ſupernatural Bleſſing of God upon it. :
42 T And there came a man from Baal-ſhaliſha, and brought the man of God bread of the firſt fruits m,
ewenty loaves » of barley, and full ears of corn || in the || Or, bis
husk thereof, and he faid, give unto the people o, that they may eat.
m Which were the Prieſts due, Numb. 18. 2. but theſe, and pro- bably the reſt of the Prieſts dues, were uſually brought by the Pious 7ſraelies, according to their ability and opportunity, to the Lord's Prophets; partly,becauſe they did a great part of the Pricſts oifice : and partly, becauſe they were not permitted to carry them to Jeryſalem ; and they might reaſonably think that their circum- ances being extraordinary. would warrant their giving of them to extraordinary Perſons ; and that thoſe ceremonial Inſtitutions ought to give place to the greater Laws of neceſſity and mercy to the Lord's Prophets - And this paſſage ſeems to be noted hereznor only on occaſion of the following Miracle ; bur alſo that by this one inſtance we might underſtand how ſo many Schools of the Prophets were ſupported. » Smail Loaves, as appears, both becauſe one Man brought them all fo far ; and becauſe, otherwiſe there
| had been no Miracle here. o To wit, the Sons of the Prophets,
who were then preſent with him, wer. 38. 43 And his ſervitor ſaid, What ſhould I ſet this be- fore an hundred men ? He faill again, Give the people,
ear, and ſhall leave thereof.
44 So he ſet it before them,and they did eat,and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. CRAP. V. * | Naamen by his Captive Maids report goeth to Eliſhs to be cured of his Les proſizy 1 ——— 9g, Elijha ſends to kim a Command to waſh in Jordan » He is angry, and dildainith it, His Serrzants Advice $ He doeth it, and
is healed, 10. -— 14. Heyeturneth with Gifts to Eliſha, who ve- fuſeth them : He departs,15 —19. Gehazi, Eliſha's Servant abuſing his Maſter s Name un'o Naaman ; taketh Gifts from him ; is ſmitten with Leproſie, 20---==27. | | OW Naaman captain of the hoſt of the king of
SY 114, was a great man Þ with his maſter a,and || + honourable b, becauſe by him theLORD had given || de-
Liverance unto Syria c : he was alfoa mighty man of valour, but he was a leper.
a In great Power and Favour with the King of Syria. b Highly eſteemed both for his quality and Succeſs. c Which expreſſion he uſeth, partly, to Mind the Jſrae!ites, that all the hurt they had from the Syrians was from the Lord, who uſed them as his Rod, and gave them the Succeſles againit Ijrael, which are recorded ; and partly ro check that proud Conceit which then was working, and after- wards more fully diſcovered it ſelf in the Iſraclitiſh Nation, as if the Care, and providence, and Goodneſs of God, were wholly confin= ed to themſelves, and not imparted to any other People.
2 And the Syrians had gone our by companies 4,and had brought away captive out of the land of Ifracl a lite tle maid, and ſhe | waited on e Naamans wife.
d Making Inroads into the Land of 1/-2:1 to rob and plunder afrer the manner of thoie times. Sce 1 Sam. 30. 8. 2 Kings 13. *£, and 24.2: e Heb. was before, 1. e. ſrocd before her, or miniſtied to her. Compare Dez. 1. 38. :
3 And ſhe ſaid unto her miſtreſs, Would God my lord were | wich the prophet that zs in Samaria f'; for he would | reccver him of his leproſie g.
f Either,Firſt,In the Kingdom of Samaria. Or,Secondly, In the
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commonly refided,though he went ro other places,as need required s Or, take him away ( as this H:brew Verb is uſed, Gen. 30. 23. Zecch, I. 2+ ) from his leproffe, i- e. take away lis leproſie from him.
4 And one went in, ard toid his iord b, faying, Thus and thus ſaid the maid that zs of the land of Ifrae}.
þ One of Naaman's Servants hearing this, went in and told it to Naaman, and he to the King of Sjris, which is implied. Or, Aud he went in, &C. 1. e. Naman, mentioned, wer. 1. hearing this from
5 And the king of Syria ; ſaid, Goto, go, and I will {cada letter unto the king of Ifrael k. And he departed, and took | with him ten talents of filver, and tix thou- ſand pieces of gold }, and ten changes of raimenr.
i Joram the fon of Ahab, chap. 3. 1. k Deſiring him to obtain this
Favour from the Prophet. 7 Partly,for the Charges of his Journey ; and partly, for Preſents to the Prophet, or others, as ke taw fir.
6 And he brought che letrer co the king of 1ſraei,fay- ing, Now when this letter is come unto thee, Þehoid,
I have :berewith {ent Naaman my {ſervant to thee, that thou mayeſt recover him - of his leprolie, 3 M mits
ſcrip, or garment.
that they may eat: for thus faith the LORD; * They lf Yea;
+ Heb. b efore .
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gracious. . |
in countea Nance.
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befcre.
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ther 11.
his Wife, told it to the King of Sy1 la, as the next Words intimate.P,-
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mw 7.e. Procure his recovery by the means of Eliſha, v. 3. 4.whom thou maiſt command to uſe his utmoſt skill and power herein.
And it came to paſs, when the king of Iſrael had ! read the letter, that he rent his clothes », and ſaid, Am | *T God, to kill and to make alive o, that this man doth ſend unto me to recover a man of his leproſie ? Where- fore conſider, I pray you, and ſee how he ſecketh a
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