2Ki 5:1, Isa 3:3 | JFB | e4.org | 1. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master —highly esteemed for his military character and success. and honourable —rather, "very rich." but he was a leper —This leprosy, which, in Israel, would have excluded him from society, did not affect his free intercourse in the court of Syria.

‏ 2 Kings 5:1

1. Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master—highly esteemed for his military character and success.

and honourable—rather, "very rich."

but he was a leper—This leprosy, which, in Israel, would have excluded him from society, did not affect his free intercourse in the court of Syria.

‏ Isaiah 3:3

3. captain of fifty—not only captains of thousands, and centurions of a hundred, but even semi-centurions of fifty, shall fail.

honourable—literally, "of dignified aspect."

cunning—skilful. The mechanic's business will come to a standstill in the siege and subsequent desolation of the state; artisans are no mean "stay" among a nation's safeguards.

eloquent orator—rather, as Vulgate, "skilled in whispering," that is, incantation (Ps 58:5). See Isa 8:19, below; and on "prudent," see on Isa 3:2.