2 Kings 5:9
in 2 Kings 5So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
KJV
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
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This verse in 2 Kings 5
Commentary
6 notes on this verseSo Naaman came with his horses, and with his chariot,.... In his chariot drawn by horses; or "with horsemen and chariots", a great retinue, both for his own grandeur, and for the honour of the prophet, and to make him the more respectable by him: and stood at the door of the house of Elisha; who now dwelt at Gilgal, as is probable, see 2Ki 4:38, hither Naaman was directed, and here he stopped; and having sent a messenger to Elisha to acquaint him who he was, and what was his business, he stayed waiting for an answer.
This site's exposition
there is a prophet in Israel
on 2 Kings 5:8-9
Elisha hears of the king's despair and sends word requiring nothing from the crown, only that Naaman come to him, so that the king may know a prophet answers where a king cannot. Naaman arrives in full state, horses and chariot, and stops at the door of a house rather than a palace, the first small demotion of a proud man before the cure even begins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Naaman was suffering from leprosy, and when he heard that a prophet who lived under the command of Jehoram, king of Israel, could cure him, he left and proceeded to the country of the healer and went to the house of Elisha, because he had …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The promise was express: Thou shalt be clean. The method prescribed was plain: Go wash in Jordan. This was not intended as any means of the cure; for, though cold bathing is recommended by many as a very wholesome thing, yet some think that in the case of a leprosy it was rather hurtful.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, . . . let him come now to me--This was the grand and ultimate object to which, in the providence of God, the journey of Naaman was subservient.
quarantine:debris,scripture (2026-07-29) — starts-lowercase; scripture-overlap:84%@v6-8
Came with his horses and with his chariot - In very great pomp and state. Closely inspected, this was preposterous enough; a leper sitting in state, and affecting it!
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֥א | vaiyavo' | and he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| נַעֲמָ֖ן | naaman | Naaman | H5283 → | 16 times |
| בְּסוּסָ֣יו | besusov | with horses his | H5483 → | 140 times |
| וּבְרִכְבּ֑וֹ | uverikhbo | and with chariot[s] his | H7393 → | 119 times |
| וַיַּעֲמֹ֥ד | vaiyaamod | and he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| פֶּֽתַח־ | petach- | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| לֶאֱלִישָֽׁע׃ | leelisha' | of Elisha | H477 → | 58 times |
וַיָּבֹ֥אand he came
vaiyavo'H935 →2568 times
נַעֲמָ֖ןNaaman
naamanH5283 →16 times
בְּסוּסָ֣יוwith horses his
besusovH5483 →140 times
וּבְרִכְבּ֑וֹand with chariot[s] his
uverikhboH7393 →119 times
וַיַּעֲמֹ֥דand he stood
vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times
פֶּֽתַח־[the] entrance of
petach-H6607 →164 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
לֶאֱלִישָֽׁע׃of Elisha
leelisha'H477 →58 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy…
it leads to
- Revelation 3:9
Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
- Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
- Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Isaiah 62:12
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Revelation 3:9
Through
2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 20:1
In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.
- Ezekiel 8:1
In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord…
- Ezekiel 14:1
Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
- Ezekiel 20:1
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 5:10-11; F. W. Farrar, The Second Book of Kings (Expositor's Bible); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.