The Meaning of 2 Kings 5:21 Explained

2 Kings 5:21

KJV: So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

YLT: And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, 'Is there peace?'

Darby: And Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

ASV: So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 5:21?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 5:21?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw [him] running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, [Is] all well?

What does 2 Kings 5:21 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 5:15-27 - The Penalty Of Greed

Naaman was so grateful that he came twenty miles out of his way to render thanks to the man of God, bringing a great sum as a gift. Notice his whole-souled desire to worship Jehovah, as shown in his fear lest his official connection with idolatry might be held to compromise him; and in his ready beneficence toward Gehazi, who, he supposed, had come in Elisha's name. All these are symptoms of a noble soul on whom the Holy Spirit had been at work. We are here reminded of Cornelius, Naaman's counterpart in the New Testament, Acts 10:1. What a comfort it is to believe that God has been influencing men like this in all the centuries, fashioning them, though they knew him not, till the hour arrived when He spoke to them through prophet or apostle.

Gehazi is the sad counterpart of Judas. Like the traitor, he revealed the hardening effect that association with pure goodness may have on the human conscience. If it does not produce life unto life, it issues in death unto death. The same sun that bleaches linen, tans the hand that exposes it to the sunlight. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 5

¹ Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of leprosy
⁸ Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him
¹⁵ He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth
²⁰ Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 5:21 mean?

So pursued Gehazi after Naaman And when saw [him] Naaman running after him and he got down from the chariot to meet him and said [Is] all well

וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ף גֵּיחֲזִ֖י אַחֲרֵ֣י נַֽעֲמָ֑ן וַיִּרְאֶ֤ה נַֽעֲמָן֙ רָ֣ץ אַחֲרָ֔יו וַיִּפֹּ֞ל מֵעַ֧ל הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה לִקְרָאת֖וֹ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ؟ הֲשָׁלֽוֹם

וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ף	So pursued
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָדַף Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.
גֵּיחֲזִ֖י	Gehazi
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: גֵּיחֲזִי Sense: the servant of Elisha.
אַחֲרֵ֣י	after
Parse: Preposition Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
נַֽעֲמָ֑ן	Naaman
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעֲמָן Sense: son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt.
וַיִּרְאֶ֤ה	And when saw [him]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
נַֽעֲמָן֙	Naaman
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: נַעֲמָן Sense: son of Bela of the family of Benjamin; he was among the family of Jacob that went down to Egypt.
רָ֣ץ	running
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: רוּץ Sense: to run.
אַחֲרָ֔יו	after him
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular Root: אַחַר Sense: after the following part, behind (of place), hinder, afterwards (of time).
וַיִּפֹּ֞ל	and he got down
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: נָפַל Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֛ה	the chariot
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: מֶרְכָּבָה Sense: chariot.
לִקְרָאת֖וֹ	to meet him
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular Root: קָרָא Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	and said
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter.
؟ הֲשָׁלֽוֹם	[Is] all well
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁלֹום Sense: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.

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