2 Kings 5:2

The Arameans had gone out raiding in bands and had taken a little girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman's wife.

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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 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great and honorable man in his master's view, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Aram. He was also a strong, courageous man, but he was a leper.

3The girl said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal my master of his leprosy.”

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Cross References

Judges 9:34So Abimelech got up during the night, he and all the men who were with him, and they set an ambush against Shechem—dividing into four units.

2 Kings 6:23So the king prepared much food for them, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went back to their master. Those bands of Aramean soldiers did not return for a long time into the land of Israel.

Psalms 123:2See, as the eyes of servants look to their master's hand, 1 as the eyes of a maid look to her mistress's hand, 1 so our eyes look to Yahweh our God 1 until he has mercy on us. 1

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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