SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:19
Y él le dijo: Vete en paz. Y cuando se apartó de él una milla de tierra,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 5:19
Verse 19. And he said unto him] There is a most singular and important reading in one of Deuteronomy Rossi's MSS., which he numbers 191. It has in the margin Ôq al that is, "read al lo, not, instead of wl lo, to him." Now this reading supposes that Naaman did ask permission from the prophet to worship in Rimmon's temple; to which the prophet answers, No; go in peace: that is, maintain thy holy resolutions, be a consistent worshipper of the true God, and avoid all idolatrous practices. Another MS., No. 383, appears first to have written wl to him, but to have corrected it immediately by inserting an a aleph after the w vau; and thus, instead of making it al no, it has made it awl lu, which is no word.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And he said unto him , etc.] That is, the prophet said to Naaman: go in peace : in peace of mind; be assured that God has pardoned this and all other transgressions: so he departed from him a little way ; about a mile, as the Targum, and so other Jewish writers; of this phrase, (see Gill on “ Genesis 35:16”), some say a land’s length, that is, about one hundred and twenty feet; rather it was a thousand cubits, or half a mile.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-19 - The mercy of the cure affected Naaman more than the miracle. Those ar best able to speak of the power of Divine grace, who themselve experience it. He also shows himself grateful to Elisha the prophet Elijah refused any recompence, not because he thought it unlawful, for he received presents from others, but to show this new convert that the servants of the God of Israel looked upon worldly wealth with a holy contempt. The whole work was from God, in such a manner, that the prophet would not give counsel when he had no directions from the Lord It is not well violently to oppose the lesser mistakes which unite with men's first convictions; we cannot bring men forward any faster tha the Lord prepares them to receive instruction. Yet as to us, if, in covenanting with God, we desire to reserve any known sin, to continu to indulge ourselves in it, that is a breach of his covenant. Those wh truly hate evil, will make conscience of abstaining from all appearances of evil.
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 לו לך 1980 לשׁלום 7965 וילך 1980 מאתו 853 כברת 3530 ארץ׃ 776
