2 Kings 5:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

Leprosy

Unto thy seed

1 Samuel 2:30

2 Samuel 3:29

General references

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

Leprosy

Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper.

Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? The Lord will trouble you this day.” And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones.

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.

You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice,
You have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors,

Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it.

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.

Unto thy seed

Therefore the Lord God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the Lord declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed.

May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread.”

General references

Let his children wander about and beg;
And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.