2 Kings 5:19

19 “Go in peace,” Elisha said. After Naaman had traveled some distance,

2 Kings 5:19 in Other Translations

19 And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.

19 He said to him, "Go in peace."But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance,

19 “Go in peace,” Elisha said. So Naaman started home again.

19 Elisha said, "Everything will be all right. Go in peace."

19 So he said to him, "Go in peace." After Naaman had traveled a short distance from Elisha,

2 Kings 5:19 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:19

And he said unto him
That is, the prophet said to Naaman:

go in peace:
in peace of mind; be assured that God has pardoned this and all other transgressions:

so he departed from him a little way;
about a mile, as the Targum, and so other Jewish writers; of this phrase, (See Gill on Genesis 35:16), some say a land's length, that is, about one hundred and twenty feet; rather it was a thousand cubits, or half a mile.

2 Kings 5:19 In-Context

17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the LORD.

18 But may the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.”

19 “Go in peace,” Elisha said. After Naaman had traveled some distance,

20 Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

21 So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. When Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him. “Is everything all right?” he asked.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Samuel 1:17; S Acts 15:33