2 Kings 5:2

2 Now the Syrians on ¹one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of 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, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.

2 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.

3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy. ”

4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel. ”

5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. ”So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Cross References

• 1. 5:2 ch. 6:23