Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ten talents of silver—£3421; 6000 shekels of gold; a large sum of uncertain value.
ten changes of raiment—splendid dresses, for festive occasions—the honor being thought to consist not only in the beauty and fineness of the material, but on having a variety to put on one after another, in the same night.
a little maid—who had been captured in one of the many predatory incursions which were then made by the Syrians on the northern border of Israel (see I Samuel 30:8; II Kings 13:21; II Kings 24:2). By this young Hebrew slave of his wife, Naaman's attention was directed to the prophet of Israel, as the person who would remove his leprosy. Naaman, on communicating the matter to his royal master, was immediately furnished with a letter to the king of Israel, and set out for Samaria, carrying with him, as an indispensable preliminary in the East, very costly presents.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 5:5:
2 Kings 5:1
Isaiah 3:6
Isaiah 36:11
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