2 Kings 5:16 (DBY)

Passage

But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none! And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:14 Then he went down, and plunged himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God. And his flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

2 Kings 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.

2 Kings 5:16 But he said, As Jehovah liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none! And he urged him to take it; but he refused.

2 Kings 5:17 And Naaman said, If not, then let there, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of [this] earth; for thy servant will no more offer burnt-offering and sacrifice to other gods, but to Jehovah.

2 Kings 5:18 In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant, I pray thee, in this thing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "jehovah", "liveth", "before", "stand", "receive", "none", and "urged". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "jehovah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "And he returned to the man of..." into verse 17's "And Naaman said If not then let...", so "said" and "jehovah" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "jehovah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.