2 Kings 5:6
in 2 Kings 5And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
KJV
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.
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This verse in 2 Kings 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
That thou mayest recover him - literally, “And thou shalt recover him.” The Syrian king presumes that, if there is a cure for leprosy to be had in Israel, the mode of obtaining it will be well known to his royal brother.
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.
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), taking it for granted that there was a greater intimacy between the king and the prophet than really there was. The alarm this gave to the king of Israel,
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The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֵ֣א | vaiyave' | and he brought | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַסֵּ֔פֶר | hasefer | the letter | H5612 → | 186 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֥לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| וְעַתָּ֗ה | veatah | and now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| כְּב֨וֹא | kevo' | when comes | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַסֵּ֤פֶר | hasefer | the letter | H5612 → | 186 times |
| הַזֶּה֙ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֵלֶ֔יךָ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hineh | here! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי | shalachti | I have sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ | ʾeleikha | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַעֲמָ֣ן | naaman | Naaman | H5283 → | 16 times |
| עַבְדִּ֔י | ʾavdi | servant my | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וַאֲסַפְתּ֖וֹ | vaasafto | and you will deliver him | H622 → | 200 times |
| מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃ | mitzara'to | from skin disease his | H6883 → | 35 times |
וַיָּבֵ֣אand he brought
vaiyave'H935 →2568 times
הַסֵּ֔פֶרthe letter
haseferH5612 →186 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
וְעַתָּ֗הand now
veatahH6258 →433 times
כְּב֨וֹאwhen comes
kevo'H935 →2568 times
הַסֵּ֤פֶרthe letter
haseferH5612 →186 times
הַזֶּה֙<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
אֵלֶ֔יךָto you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
הִנֵּ֨הhere!
hinehH2009 →843 times
שָׁלַ֤חְתִּיI have sent
shalachtiH7971 →845 times
אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙to you
ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַעֲמָ֣ןNaaman
naamanH5283 →16 times
עַבְדִּ֔יservant my
ʾavdiH5650 →799 times
וַאֲסַפְתּ֖וֹand you will deliver him
vaasaftoH622 →200 times
מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃from skin disease his
mitzara'toH6883 →35 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.