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and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman&#8217s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the Arameans had gone out in bands, and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the Arameans had gone out in marauding bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The Arameans (Syrians) had gone out in bands [as raiders] and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife [as a servant].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman&#8217s wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />One day while the Syrian troops were raiding Israel, they captured a girl, and she became a servant of Naaman's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Once, when the Arameans went on raids, they had brought back a little girl from Israel. She became the servant of Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In one of their raids against Israel, the Syrians had carried off a little Israelite girl, who became a servant of Naaman's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On one of their raids to the territory of Israel, Aram had taken captive a young girl when she was an infant, who had eventually become an attendant to Naaman's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman?s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The Arameans had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little girl, and she waited on Naaman’s wife. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the Arameans have gone out [by] troops, and they take a little girl captive out of the land of Israel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the Aramaeans have gone out by troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Aram will go forth by troops, and take captive from the land of Israel a little girl; and she will be before Naaman's wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman's wife. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Now the Arameans had captured from the land of Israel in a raid a little girl, who became the servant of Naaman’s wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the Arameans had gone out raiding, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Edomites went out with robbers and took captive from the land of Israel a small girl, and she was in the presence of the wife of Naaman.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the Arameans had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Syrians went forth in small bands, and took captive out of the land of Israel a little maid: and she waited on Naiman's wife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/5-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=1444" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/5.htm">Naaman Cured of Leprosy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/758.htm" title="758: wa·’ă·rām (Conj-w:: N-proper-fs) -- Syria and its inhab., also the names of a son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and an Isr. ">At this time the Arameans</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">had gone</a> <a href="/hebrew/1416.htm" title="1416: ḡə·ḏū·ḏîm (N-mp) -- A band, troop. From gadad; a crowd.">out in bands</a> <a href="/hebrew/7617.htm" title="7617: way·yiš·bū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take captive. A primitive root; to transport into captivity.">and had taken</a> <a href="/hebrew/6996.htm" title="6996: qə·ṭan·nāh (Adj-fs) -- Small, young, unimportant. Or qaton; from quwt; abbreviated, i.e. Diminutive, literally or figuratively.">a young</a> <a href="/hebrew/5291.htm" title="5291: na·‘ă·rāh (N-fs) -- A girl, maiden. Feminine of na'ar; a girl.">girl</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">from the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wat·tə·hî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">and she was serving</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5283.htm" title="5283: na·‘ă·mān (N-proper-ms) -- The same as na'aman; Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene.">Naaman’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’ê·šeṯ (N-fsc) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">wife.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Luke 4:27</a></span><br />And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/2-1.htm">Exodus 2:1-10</a></span><br />Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, / and she conceived and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him for three months. / But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-1.htm">1 Samuel 1:1-2:10</a></span><br />Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/17-8.htm">1 Samuel 17:8-11</a></span><br />And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me. / If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.” / Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-8.htm">2 Kings 6:8-23</a></span><br />Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.” / Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.” / So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-1.htm">2 Kings 4:1-7</a></span><br />Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!” / “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.” / “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/8-1.htm">2 Kings 8:1-6</a></span><br />Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.” / So the woman had proceeded to do as the man of God had instructed. And she and her household lived as foreigners for seven years in the land of the Philistines. / At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/13-14.htm">2 Kings 13:14-19</a></span><br />When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” / Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So Jehoash took a bow and some arrows. / Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">2 Chronicles 20:1-30</a></span><br />After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. / Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi). / Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-5.htm">Matthew 8:5-13</a></span><br />When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, / “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” / “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-40.htm">Mark 1:40-45</a></span><br />Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” / Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” / And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/7-1.htm">Luke 7:1-10</a></span><br />When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. / There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. / When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-46.htm">John 4:46-54</a></span><br />So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-1.htm">Acts 10:1-8</a></span><br />At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. / He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. / One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16-18</a></span><br />One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. / This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” / She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">by companies</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm">2 Kings 6:23</a></b></br> And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/13-20.htm">2 Kings 13:20</a></b></br> And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/9-34.htm">Judges 9:34</a></b></br> And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that <i>were</i> with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.</p><p class="hdg">waited on [heb] was before</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/123-2.htm">Psalm 123:2</a></b></br> Behold, as the eyes of servants <i>look</i> unto the hand of their masters, <i>and</i> as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes <i>wait</i> upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Aramaeans</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Arameans</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-14.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-50.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-20.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-17.htm">Companies</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm">Damsel</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm">Girl</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-27.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-10.htm">Little</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-17.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-4.htm">Maiden</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">Naaman</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-27.htm">Naaman's</a> <a href="/1_samuel/27-8.htm">Raids</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-53.htm">Served</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Syrians</a> <a href="/1_kings/16-15.htm">Troops</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-38.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-25.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-25.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm">Aramaeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm">Arameans</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm">Bands</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-22.htm">Captive</a> <a href="/2_kings/7-8.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-5.htm">Companies</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Damsel</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Girl</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-14.htm">Little</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Maid</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Maiden</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-4.htm">Naaman</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-13.htm">Naaman's</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-23.htm">Raids</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-9.htm">Syrians</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-17.htm">Troops</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-32.htm">Waited</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-3.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-22.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm">Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of leprosy</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-8.htm">Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-15.htm">He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/5-20.htm">Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>At this time</b><br>This phrase sets the historical context during the period of the divided kingdom, specifically the time of the prophet Elisha. It was a time of frequent conflict between Israel and its neighboring nations, including Aram (modern-day Syria).<p><b>the Arameans had gone out in bands</b><br>The Arameans, or Syrians, were a significant power in the region. These bands were likely raiding parties, a common military tactic used to weaken enemy territories and capture resources or people. This reflects the ongoing hostilities and border skirmishes between Israel and Aram.<p><b>and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel</b><br>The capture of a young girl highlights the personal and human cost of these raids. It was common for captives to be taken as slaves or servants. This girl's presence in Naaman's household is pivotal, as she becomes a key figure in the narrative of Naaman's healing.<p><b>and she was serving Naaman’s wife</b><br>Naaman was a commander of the army of the king of Aram, a man of high status and influence. The young girl's role as a servant to Naaman's wife places her in a position to influence the events that follow. Her faith and knowledge of the prophet Elisha in Israel become instrumental in Naaman's eventual healing from leprosy, demonstrating God's sovereignty and the unexpected ways He can work through individuals, regardless of their status or circumstances.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/arameans.htm">Arameans</a></b><br>A group of people from Aram, a region located in present-day Syria. They were often in conflict with Israel during this period.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/y/young_girl_from_israel.htm">Young Girl from Israel</a></b><br>A captive taken by the Arameans during a raid. Despite her circumstances, she plays a pivotal role in the account of Naaman's healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/naaman.htm">Naaman</a></b><br>A commander of the army of the king of Aram. He is a significant figure in this chapter, known for his leprosy and subsequent healing.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/naaman's_wife.htm">Naaman’s Wife</a></b><br>The mistress of the young Israelite girl. She is a secondary character but crucial in the communication chain that leads to Naaman's healing.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/land_of_israel.htm">Land of Israel</a></b><br>The homeland of the young girl, representing God's chosen people and the place where the prophet Elisha resides.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_adversity.htm">God's Sovereignty in Adversity</a></b><br>Even in difficult circumstances, God can use us for His purposes. The young girl's captivity was a tool for God's greater plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_small_roles.htm">Faithfulness in Small Roles</a></b><br>The young girl, though a minor character, demonstrates that God values faithfulness in all roles, no matter how small they seem.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/loving_our_enemies.htm">Loving Our Enemies</a></b><br>The young girl's concern for Naaman's well-being exemplifies the call to love and serve even those who may be considered enemies.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/witnessing_through_actions.htm">Witnessing Through Actions</a></b><br>Her actions and words were a testimony to the power and compassion of the God of Israel, leading to Naaman's healing and faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_global_mission.htm">God's Global Mission</a></b><br>This account foreshadows the inclusion of Gentiles in God's plan, showing that His love and power extend beyond Israel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elisha_cure_naaman.htm">How did Elisha heal Naaman of his leprosy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_naaman's_story_not_evidenced.htm">Why does historical or archaeological evidence seem silent on Naaman's high status and this miraculous event (2 Kings 5)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_was_naaman's_leprosy_cured_instantly.htm">How can Naaman's leprosy (2 Kings 5:1, 14) be scientifically explained as instantly healed by dipping in the Jordan River?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_events_are_described_in_2_kings.htm">What events are described in 2 Kings?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">The Syrians.</span>--Heb., <span class= "ital">Aram</span>, the word rendered "Syria" in <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm" title="Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.">2Kings 5:1</a>.<p><span class= "bld">By companies.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">in troops</span>, referring to a marauding incursion made at some time prior to the events here recorded.<p><span class= "bld">Brought away captive . . . a little maid.</span>--Comp. the reference in <a href="/joel/3-6.htm" title="The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold to the Grecians, that you might remove them far from their border.">Joel 3:6</a> to the Ph?nician traffic in Jewish slaves.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Syrians had gone out by companies</span>; or, <span class="accented">in marauding bands</span>. No peace had been made after Ahab's expedition against Ramoth-Gilead. Hostilities, therefore, still continued upon the borders, where raids were frequent, as upon our own northern border in mediaeval times. <span class="cmt_word">And had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid.</span> The marauding expeditions of ancient times had for one of their main objects the capture of slaves. In Africa wars are still carried on chiefly for this purpose. <span class="cmt_word">And she waited on Naaman's wife.</span> Either Naaman had led the expedition, and this particular captive had been assigned to him in the division of the booty, or she had merely passed into his possession by purchase, and thus become one of his wife's attendants. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/5-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">At this time the Arameans</span><br /><span class="heb">וַאֲרָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·’ă·rām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_758.htm">Strong's 758: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aram -- Syria</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had gone</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצְא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">out in bands</span><br /><span class="heb">גְדוּדִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(ḡə·ḏū·ḏîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1416.htm">Strong's 1416: </a> </span><span class="str2">A band, troop</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and had taken</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשְׁבּ֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiš·bū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7617.htm">Strong's 7617: </a> </span><span class="str2">To transport into captivity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a young</span><br /><span class="heb">קְטַנָּ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(qə·ṭan·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6996.htm">Strong's 6996: </a> </span><span class="str2">Small, young, unimportant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">girl</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲרָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5291.htm">Strong's 5291: </a> </span><span class="str2">A girl, maiden</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the land</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Israel,</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and she was serving</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתְּהִ֕י</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tə·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Naaman’s</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲמָֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5283.htm">Strong's 5283: </a> </span><span class="str2">Naaman -- a descendant of Benjamin, also an Aramean (Syrian) general</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wife.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/5-2.htm">2 Kings 5:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/5-2.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 5:2 The Syrians had gone out in bands (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 5:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/5-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 5:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 5:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>