2nd Kings Chapter 5 verse 24 Holy Bible
And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
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When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands, and put them away in the house; and he sent the men away, and they went.
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And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
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And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
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And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
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When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
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and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - And when he came to the tower; rather, to the hill (Revised Version). Some well-known eminence at a little distance from the Damascus gate of Samaria must be intended. Here Gehazi stopped the slaves, and took the money from them. It was important for his purpose that they should not be seen re-entering the city, as that would have occasioned remark, and might naturally have led to inquiry. He took them - i.e., the bags - from their hand - i.e. from the hands of Naaman's servants - and bestowed them in the house; i.e. by himself or deputy brought them to Elisha's house, and there hid them away. And he let the men - Naaman's servants - go, and they departed. They hastened, no doubt, to rejoin their master.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) The tower.--Heb., the '?phel, the mound, on which the prophet's house may have stood. There would be no window in the exterior wall from which Gehazi and his companions might have been observed approaching. Perhaps, however, a fortified hill, forming part of the system of defences surrounding Samaria, like the Ophel at Jerusalem, is to be understood. (Comp. 2Chronicles 27:3.) Elisha's house lay within the city wall (2Kings 6:30, seq.). Keil explains the hill on which Samaria was built. (Comp. Isaiah 32:14, and Cheyne's Note; Micah 4:8 : "And thou, O tower of the flock; O mound of the daughter of Zion.") This note of place is also a note of historical truth.Bestowed them in the house.--Stowed them away, laid them up carefully in the (prophet's) house. LXX., ????????.Let the men go.--Before he "bestowed" their burdens in the house.
