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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 5:23 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 5:23	King James	And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
in two bags--People in the East, when travelling, have their money, in certain sums, put up in bags.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

in two bags--People in the East, when travelling, have their money, in certain sums, put up in bags.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Be content - i. e. "consent."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Be content - i. e. "consent."

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
But Naaman forced him to accept two talents (קח הואל, be pleased to take; and כּכּרים, with the dual ending, ne pereat indicium numeri - Winer) in two purses, and two changes of raiment, and out of politeness had these presents carried by two of his servants before Gehazi.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

But Naaman forced him to accept two talents (קח הואל, be pleased to take; and כּכּרים, with the dual ending, ne pereat indicium numeri - Winer) in two purses, and two changes of raiment, and out of politeness had these presents carried by two of his servants before Gehazi.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Urged him - Who at first refused it upon a pretence of modesty.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Urged him - Who at first refused it upon a pretence of modesty.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He - bound two talents of silver - It required two servants to carry these two talents, for, according to the computation above, each talent was about 120lbs. weight.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He - bound two talents of silver - It required two servants to carry these two talents, for, according to the computation above, each talent was about 120lbs. weight.

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