2 Kings 5:2

2 Kings 5:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
• New International Version (NIV)Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife.

Context of 2 Kings 5:2

1Naaman was the leader of the king of Syria's army. Naaman's master respected him as a great man. The Lord had used Naaman to help Syria win wars against their enemies. Naaman was a brave soldier, but he had a bad disease of his skin. Groups of soldiers from Syria had gone to attack places in Israel. They had caught a young girl as their prisoner. She became a servant of Naaman's wife. 3One day, the girl said to her master's wife, ‘I would like my master Naaman to meet the prophet who is in Samaria. The prophet would take away his disease.’ 4So Naaman went to see his master, the king of Syria. He told him what the girl from Israel had said.

2 Kings 5:2 word by word

וַאֲרָם֙ יָצְא֣וּ גְדוּדִ֔ים וַיִּשְׁבּ֛וּ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל נַעֲרָ֣ה קְטַנָּ֑ה וַתְּהִ֕י לִפְנֵ֖י אֵ֥שֶׁת נַעֲמָֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Syriansאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• had gone outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• by companiesגְּדוּדgedûd · bandH1416
• and had brought away captiveשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• out of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• a littleקָטָןqâţân qâţôn · smallH6996
• maidנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
• and she waited onפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Naaman’sנַעֲמָןna‛ămân · NaamanH5283
• wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for 2 Kings 5:2

• 2 Kings 6:23So the king of Israel made a big feast for them. They had a lot of food and drink. Then he sent them back to their master, the king of Syria. After this happened, no more groups of Syrian soldiers came to attack Israel.
• 2 Kings 13:20After that, Elisha died and they buried him. Every year in spring, groups of fighters from Moab came to attack places in Israel.
• Judges 9:34So Abimelech and all his soldiers came out at night. They hid in four groups outside Shechem.
• 1 Samuel 13:17The Philistines sent out three small groups of soldiers to attack towns in Israel. One group went towards Ophrah in the land of Shual.
• Psalms 123:2Yes, our eyes look up to the Lord our God. We want him to be kind to us, so we wait for his help. We wait like servants who want help from their master.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 5:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The Syrians had gone out by companies - גדודים gedudim, troops. When one hundred or two hundred men go out by themselves to make prey of whatever they can get, that is called, says Jarchi, גדוד gedud, a troop. They had gone out in marauding parties; and on such occasions they bring away grain, cattle, and such of the inhabitants as are proper to make slaves. A little maid - Who, it appears, had pious parents, who brought her up in the knowledge of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2No peace had been made on the failure of Ahab‘s expedition 1 Kings 22:1-36. The relations of the two countries therefore continued to be hostile, and plundering inroads naturally took place on the one side and on the other.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3During Joram's rule, tensions between Israel and the Arameans caused Aramean raiders to attack the northern kingdom (see 2 Kings 6:8, 24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-52-5. 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 1Sa 30:8; 2Ki 13:21; 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…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 5:2

• Captive
• Children
• Elisha
• Joram
• Miracles
• Naaman
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• Servant

In the dictionaries

• Israel
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• Jacob, Israel
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• Naaman
• Recover
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• Damascus
• Elisha

Commentaries on 2 Kings 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings