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.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure 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

1Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2And 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. 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.” 4And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.” 5Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he departed and took 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 11:29Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”
• Acts 26:29And Paul said, “I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”
• 1 Corinthians 4:8You are already full! You are already rich! You have reigned as kings without us—and indeed I could wish you did reign, that we also might reign with you!
• 2 Kings 5:8So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
• Matthew 8:2And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
• Matthew 11:5The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
• Luke 17:12Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off.

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
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• Naaman
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In the dictionaries

• God
• Samaria
• Clean
• Light
• Naaman
• Recover
• Wash
• Damascus
• Elisha
• Jehoahaz

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