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2 Kings 5:1 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 5 · verse 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 Kings 5:1 · King James Version
2 Kings 5:1 in context
1Now 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.
2And 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.
3And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
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Key words (Strong's)
- honourablenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- captainsara head personH8269 →
- NaamanNaʻămânNaaman, the name of an Israelite and of a DamasceneH5283 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- SyriaʼĂrâmAram or Syria, and its inhabitantsH758 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
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Our saviour's miracles were intended for the lost sheep of the house of Israel, yet one, like a crumb, fell from the table to a woman of Canaan; so this one miracle Elisha wrought for Naaman, a Syrian; for God does good to all, and will have all men to be saved. Here is, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8