2Ki 5:20-24 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 20 My master hath spared - this Syrian - He has neither taken any thing from him for himself, nor permitted him to give any thing to me.

2 Kings 5:20-24

Verse 20

My master hath spared - this Syrian - He has neither taken any thing from him for himself, nor permitted him to give any thing to me. Verse 21

He lighted down from the chariot - He treats even the prophet's servant with the profoundest respect, alights from his chariot, and goes to meet him.

Is all well? - השלום hashalom; Is it peace, or prosperity? Verse 22

And he said - שלום shalom. It is peace; all is right. This was a common mode of address and answer.

There be come to me from mount Ephraim - There was probably a school of the prophets at this mount. Verse 23

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. Verse 24

When he came to the tower - The Chaldee, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic understand the word עפל ophel, which we translate tower, as signifying a secret, dark, or hiding place. He was doing a deed of darkness, and he sought darkness to conceal it. He no doubt put them in a place little frequented, or one to which few had access besides himself. But the prophet's discerning spirit found him out.