2 Kings 5:2

2 Now Aramean raiding parties had gone out and captured a young girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman's wife.

2 Kings 5:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:2

And the Syrians had gone out by companies
Not regular troops, but a sort of banditti of robbers, which made excursions into the land of Israel, to plunder and carry off what booty they could:

and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid;
for boys and girls were a part of the booty of such robbers, whom they could sell for money, see ( Joel 3:1 ) . Jarchi and Kimchi say she was a girl of Naaron, a city so called:

and she waited on Naaman's wife;
being either made a present of to the general by those plunderers, or was bought by him of them for his wife's service.

2 Kings 5:2 In-Context

1 Naaman, a general for the king of Aram, was a great man and highly regarded by his master, because through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. This man was a mighty warrior, but he had a skin disease.

2 Now Aramean raiding parties had gone out and captured a young girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman's wife.

3 She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master could come before the prophet who lives in Samaria. He would cure him of his skin disease."

4 So Naaman went and told his master what the young girl from the land of Israel had said.

5 Then Aram's king said, "Go ahead. I will send a letter to Israel's king." So Naaman left. He took along ten kikkars of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.