2 Kings 5:2

And the Syrians went forth + 5:2 Gr. light armed, etc.in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she + 5:2 Gr. was before.waited on Naiman's wife.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

In Context

1Now Naiman, the captain of the host of Syria, was a great man before his master, and + 5:1 Gr. wondered at in countenance.highly respected, because by him the Lord had given deliverance to Syria, and the man was mighty in strength, but a leper.

3And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he + 5:3 Gr. will detach him.would recover him from his leprosy.

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Cross References

Judges 9:34And Abimelech and all the people with him rose up by night, and formed an ambuscade against Sychem in four companies.

2 Kings 6:23And he set before them a great feast, and they ate and drank: and he dismissed them, and they departed to their master. And the bands of Syria came no longer into the land of Israel.

Psalms 123:2if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:2-9

Naaman's Leprosy. ( b. c. 894.) 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him… Read the whole commentary →

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