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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid.

Context of 2 Kings 5:2

1Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 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. 3She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy." 4So Naaman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel."

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 he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.
• 2 Kings 13:20So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year.
• Judges 9:34So Abimelech and all the men who were with him rose up by night and set an ambush against Shechem in four companies.
• 1 Samuel 13:17And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
• Psalms 123:2Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.

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

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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