Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. New Living Translation At this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman’s wife as a maid. English Standard Version Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman’s wife. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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. New King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible 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. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy Standard Bible 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. Amplified Bible 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]. Christian Standard Bible Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife. Holman Christian Standard Bible Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version One day while the Syrian troops were raiding Israel, they captured a girl, and she became a servant of Naaman's wife. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Once, when the Arameans went on raids, they had brought back a little girl from Israel. She became the servant of Naaman's wife. Good News Translation In one of their raids against Israel, the Syrians had carried off a little Israelite girl, who became a servant of Naaman's wife. International Standard Version 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. JPS Tanakh 1917 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. Literal Standard Version 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, Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible Now the Arameans had captured from the land of Israel in a raid a little girl, who became the servant of Naaman’s wife. NET Bible 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. New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation 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, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Naaman Cured of Leprosy1Now 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. 2At 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. 3She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”… Cross References 2 Kings 5:3 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." 2 Kings 6:23 So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again. 2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring. Treasury of Scripture 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. by companies 2 Kings 6:23 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. 2 Kings 13:20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. Judges 9:34 And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. waited on [heb] was before Psalm 123:2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. Jump to Previous Aramaeans Arameans Bands Captive Carried Companies Damsel Girl Israel Little Maid Maiden Naaman Naaman's Raids Served Syrians Troops Waited Wife YoungJump to Next Aramaeans Arameans Bands Captive Carried Companies Damsel Girl Israel Little Maid Maiden Naaman Naaman's Raids Served Syrians Troops Waited Wife Young2 Kings 5 1. Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of leprosy8. Elisha, sending him to Jordan cures him 15. He refusing Naaman's gifts grants him some of the earth 20. Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy (2) The Syrians.--Heb., Aram, the word rendered "Syria" in 2Kings 5:1. By companies.--Or, in troops, referring to a marauding incursion made at some time prior to the events here recorded. Brought away captive . . . a little maid.--Comp. the reference in Joel 3:6 to the Ph?nician traffic in Jewish slaves. Verse 2. - And the Syrians had gone out by companies; or, in marauding bands. 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. And had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid. 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. And she waited on Naaman's wife. 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew At this time the Arameansוַאֲרָם֙ (wa·’ă·rām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 758: Aram -- Syria had gone יָצְא֣וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim out in bands גְדוּדִ֔ים (ḡə·ḏū·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 1416: A band, troop and had taken וַיִּשְׁבּ֛וּ (way·yiš·bū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7617: To transport into captivity a young קְטַנָּ֑ה (qə·ṭan·nāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant girl נַעֲרָ֣ה (na·‘ă·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden from the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and she was serving וַתְּהִ֕י (wat·tə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be Naaman’s נַעֲמָֽן׃ (na·‘ă·mān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5283: Naaman -- a descendant of Benjamin, also an Aramean (Syrian) general wife. אֵ֥שֶׁת (’ê·šeṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female Links 2 Kings 5:2 NIV2 Kings 5:2 NLT 2 Kings 5:2 ESV 2 Kings 5:2 NASB 2 Kings 5:2 KJV 2 Kings 5:2 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 5:2 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 5:2 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 5:2 French Bible 2 Kings 5:2 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 5:2 The Syrians had gone out in bands (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |