2 Kings 5:8
And it came to pass, when Elisaie heard that the king of Israel had torn his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Therefore have you torn your garments? Let Naiman, I pray you, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
9So Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie.
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:31And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.
1 Kings 18:36And Eliu cried aloud to the heaven, and said, Lord God of Abraam, and Isaac, and Israel, answer me, O Lord, + 18:36 Or, listen to me. answer me this day by fire, and let all this people know that you are the Lord, the God of Israel, and I am your servant, and for your sake I have wrought these works.
2 Kings 5:3And 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.
2 Kings 5:15And he and all his + 5:15 Gr. army or camp. company returned to Elisaie, and he came and stood before him, and said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth, save only in Israel: and now receive a blessing of your servant.
Hosea 12:13And the Lord brought Israel out of the land of Egypt by a prophet, and by a prophet was he preserve.
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 →