Melachim Bais 5:6

6 And he brought the sefer (letter) to Melech Yisroel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, hinei, I have therewith sent Na’aman avdi to thee, that thou mayest of his tzara’at recover him.

Melachim Bais 5:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:6

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying
The contents of which were, so far as it concerned Naaman and his case, which are only observed, these:

now when this letter is come unto thee;
was received by him:

behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant unto thee;
the bearer of it:

that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy;
meaning not he himself, but that he would recommend him to the care of a proper person, his prophet, and enjoin him to do the best he could for him; but the king of Israel mistook his meaning, as appears by what follows.

Melachim Bais 5:6 In-Context

4 And one went in, and told his adon, saying, Thus and thus said the na’arah that is of Eretz Yisroel.

5 And Melech Aram said, Go to, go, and I will send a sefer (letter) unto Melech Yisroel. And he [Na’aman] departed, and took with him ten talents of kesef, and six thousand pieces of zahav, and ten changes of begadim.

6 And he brought the sefer (letter) to Melech Yisroel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, hinei, I have therewith sent Na’aman avdi to thee, that thou mayest of his tzara’at recover him.

7 And it came to pass, when Melech Yisroel had read the sefer, that he tore his begadim, and said, Am I HaElohim, to kill and to make alive, that this doth send unto me to recover an ish of his tzara’at? Wherefore consider, now, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

8 And it was so, when Elishah Ish HaElohim had heard that Melech Yisroel had torn his beged, that he sent to HaMelech, saying, Why hast thou torn thy beged? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a navi in Yisroel.