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2 Kings 5:4

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And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.

KJV

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

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This verse in 2 Kings 5

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Thus and thus said the maid - So well had this little pious maid conducted herself, that her words are credited; and credited so fully, that an embassy from the king of Syria to the king of Israel is founded upon them!

This site's exposition

Thus and thus said the maid

on 2 Kings 5:4-6

The report climbs in three verses from a servant girl to Naaman to the king of Syria, and the king answers with force rather than faith, a state letter backed by ten talents of silver and six thousand pieces of gold, wealth enough to buy what a king assumes a prophet must be selling. The letter is addressed to the king of Israel rather than to Elisha, because a Syrian court has no category for a healer who answers to no throne.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And one went in and told his lord,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

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 for Samaria, carrying with him, as an indispensable preliminary in the East, very costly presents.
One went in - Rather, “he went in,” i. e. Naaman went and told his lord, the king of Syria.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיָּבֹ֕אand he went

    vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times

  • וַיַּגֵּ֥דand he told

    vaiyagedH5046 →370 times

  • לַאדֹנָ֖יוto master<s> his

    ladonavH113 →333 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • כָּזֹ֤אתlike this

    kazotH2063 →603 times

  • וְכָזֹאת֙and like this

    vekhazotH2063 →603 times

  • דִּבְּרָ֣הshe spoke

    diberahH1696 →1141 times

  • הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הthe girl

    hanaarahH5291 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֖רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מֵאֶ֥רֶץ[is] from [the] land of

    meeretzH776 →2504 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Corinthians 1:26–27Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.3 worksMark 5:19But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”2 works2 Kings 7:9–11Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”2 worksMark 16:9–10Early on the first day of the week, after Jesus had risen, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons.2 worksJohn 4:28–29Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,2 worksJohn 1:42–46Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Mark 5:19

    But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 66:16

      Come and listen, all you who fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me.

    • John 4:29

      “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

    • Daniel 4:1–3

      King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.

    • Isaiah 38:9–20

      This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

    • Daniel 6:25–27

      Then King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 5 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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