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2Ki 5:23 — 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Be content		1Ki 20:7; Luk 11:54
And he urged him		2Ki 5:16; 2Ki 2:17
bound		2Ki 12:10; *marg:
and they bare		Isa 30:6

Correlating Passages

Be content

	1Ki 20:7	Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this [man] seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
	Luk 11:54	Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

And he urged him

	2Ki 5:16	But he said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused.
	2Ki 2:17	And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

bound

2Ki 12:10

And it was [so], when they saw that [there was] much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.

and they bare

Isa 30:6

The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence [come] the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people [that] shall not profit [them].

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 5:23," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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