2 Kings 5:3

2 Kings 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
• New International Version (NIV)She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”

Context of 2 Kings 5:3

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. 2Now 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. She 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." 5And the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

2 Kings 5:3 word by word

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גְּבִרְתָּ֔הּ אַחֲלֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י לִפְנֵ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן אָ֛ז יֶאֱסֹ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And she saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto her mistressגְּבֶ֫רֶתgebereth · ladyH1404
• Wouldאַחֲלַי'achălay 'achălêy · O that!H305
• God my lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• withפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• in Samariaשֹׁמְרוֹןshômerôn · SamariaH8111
• forאָז'âz · thenH227
• he would recoverאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• him of his leprosyצָרַ֫עַתtsâra‛ath · leprosyH6883

Cross-references for 2 Kings 5:3

• Numbers 11:29But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!"
• Acts 26:29And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains."
• 1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you!
• 2 Kings 5:8But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel."
• Matthew 8:2And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, "Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."
• Matthew 11:5the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
• Luke 17:12And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance

Commentaries on 2 Kings 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Would God my lord - אחלי achaley, I wish; or, as the Chaldee, Syrian, and Arabic have, "Happy would it be for my master if he were with the prophet," etc. Here the mystery of the Divine providence begins to develop itself. By the captivity of this little maid, one Syrian family at least, and that one of the most considerable in the Syrian empire, is brought to the knowledge of the true God.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 5:3

• Children
• Elisha
• Joram
• Miracles
• Naaman
• Readings, Select
• Servant

In the dictionaries

• God
• Samaria
• Samaria, Samaritan
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Clean
• Light
• Naaman
• Recover
• Wash
• Damascus

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