Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.’ So Jacob urged him until he accepted.
2 Kings 5:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But Naaman insisted, ‘Please, accept seventy kilograms.’ He urged Gehazi and then packed seventy kilograms of silver in two bags with two sets of clothing. Naaman gave them to two of his attendants who carried them ahead of Gehazi. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before Gehazi. American Standard Version (1901) And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. Common English Bible Naaman said, “By all means, take two kikkars!” He encouraged Gehazi to accept them. He tied two kikkars of silver up in two bags, along with two changes of clothes. Naaman gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them in front of Gehazi. Catholic Public Domain Version And Naaman said, "It is better that you accept two talents." And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants and they carried them before him. |
Please take my present that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have everything I need.’ So Jacob urged him until he accepted.
Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, ‘Recognise that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.’
Whenever they saw there was a large amount of silver in the chest, the king’s secretary and the high priest would go and bag up and tally the silver found in the Lord’s temple.
However, they urged him to the point of embarrassment, so he said, ‘Send them.’ They sent fifty men, who looked for three days but did not find him.
But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives, in whose presence I stand, I will not accept it.’ Naaman urged him to accept it, but he refused.
Therefore, the king of Aram said, ‘Go, and I will send a letter with you to the king of Israel.’ So he went and took with him 350 kilograms of silver, 70 kilograms of gold, and ten sets of clothing.
Then one said, ‘Please come with your servants.’ ‘I’ll come,’ he answered.
A pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who will not help them.