2 Re 5:5

5 Il re di Siria gli disse: "Ebbene, va’; io manderò una lettera al re d’Israele". Quegli dunque partì, prese seco dieci talenti d’argento, seimila sicli d’oro, e dieci mute di vestiti.

2 Re 5:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:5

And the king of Syria said, go to, go
On what Naaman related to him from what the maid had said, he urged him by all means to go directly to Samaria:

and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel;
recommending him to use his interest in his behalf; this was Jehoram the son of Ahab:

and he departed;
set out on his journey immediately, as soon as he could conveniently:

and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of
gold;
partly for the expenses of his journey, and partly to make presents to the king of Israel's servants, and especially to the prophet; a talent of silver, according to Brerewood ^F4, was three hundred and seventy five pounds of our money; but, according to Bishop Cumberland's ^F5 exact calculation, it was three hundred and fifty and three pounds eleven shillings and ten and an half pence the pieces of gold are, by the Targum, called golden pence, and a golden penny, according to the first of the above writers ^F6, was of the value of our money fifteen shillings; so that these amounted to 4500 pounds sterling:

and ten changes of raiment;
both for his own use, and presents.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
F5 Scripture Weights and Measures, c. 4. p. 120.
F6 Ut supra, (De Ponder. & Pret. Vet. Num.) c. 3.

2 Re 5:5 In-Context

3 Ed ella disse alla sua padrona: "Oh se il mio signore potesse presentarsi al profeta ch’è a Samaria! Questi lo libererebbe dalla sua lebbra!"

4 Naaman andò dal suo signore, e gli riferì la cosa, dicendo: "Quella fanciulla del paese d’Israele ha detto così e così".

5 Il re di Siria gli disse: "Ebbene, va’; io manderò una lettera al re d’Israele". Quegli dunque partì, prese seco dieci talenti d’argento, seimila sicli d’oro, e dieci mute di vestiti.

6 E portò al re d’Israele la lettera, che diceva: "Or quando questa lettera ti sarà giunta, saprai che ti mando Naaman, mio servo, perché tu lo guarisca dalla sua lebbra".

7 Quando il re d’Israele ebbe letta la lettera, si stracciò le vesti, e disse: "Son io forse Dio, col potere di far morire e vivere, che colui manda da me perch’io guarisca un uomo dalla sua lebbra? Tenete per cosa certa ed evidente ch’ei cerca pretesti contro di me".