Matthew Poole Commentary - 2 King 5:27 - 5:27

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 2 King 5:27 - 5:27


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And unto thy seed for ever, i.e. for some generations; or for a long time, as that word is oft used, and as may be thought by comparing this with Exo_20:5 24:7.



He went out from his presence; being confounded with the sense of his guilt, and shame, and misery, and banished from the company of others by God’s law, Le 13 Le 14.



A leper as white as snow; which is the worst kind of leprosy, and noted by physicians to be incurable. See Exo_4:6 Num_12:10 2Ch_26:19,20. Nor was this punishment too severe for Gehazi’s wickedness, which was great and various; horrid covetousness, which is idolatry; the profanation of God’s name by a wicked oath; downright theft; deliberate and impudent lying, and that to a prophet, which was in a manner a lying to the Holy Ghost, like theirs, Act_5:3; a desperate contempt of God’s omniscience, justice, and holiness; a horrible reproach fastened upon the prophet, and his religion; and a mischievous scandal given to Naaman and all other Syrians that might hear of it.