2 Kings 5:13
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What does 2 Kings 5:13 mean?
And his servant came near, and spake unto him, and said,
my
father
Or my lord, as the Targum; this being not a familiar and
affectionate expression, but a term of honour, reverence, and
submission:
if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest
thou not have
done it?
something that was hard and difficult to done, or painful to
bear, to go through some severe operation, or disagreeable course
of physic:
how much rather then when he saith to thee, wash, and be
clean?
which is so easy to be done; though Abarbinel observes it may be
interpreted, the prophet has bid thee do a great thing, and which
is wonderful; for though he has said, wash and be clean, consider
it a great thing, and which is a wonderful mystery, and therefore
do not despise his cure.
