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2 Kings 5:23

2 Kings 5:23
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And Naaman said, be content,.... Or be pleased; do not object to it:

take two talents: a talent for each young man, which amounted to between three hundred and four hundred pounds apiece:

and he…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

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.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Kings 5:20-27

Naaman, a Syrian, a courtier, a soldier, had many servants, and we read how wise and good they were, Kg2 5:13. Elisha, a holy prophet, a man of God, has but one servant, and he proves a base, lying,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

bound two talents of silver in two bags The money was put into the bag, and the opening tied up. The word translated -bags" (LXX., θύλακοι) occurs in the list of female finery in Isa 3:22 and is…