2 Reis 5:1

A Cura da Lepra de Naamã

1 Naamã, comandante do exército do rei da Síria, era muito respeitado e honrado pelo seu senhor, pois por meio dele o SENHOR dera vitória à Síria. Mas esse grande guerreiro ficou leproso.^[a]

2 Reis 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria
The general of Benhadad's army; for he was now king of Syria, though some think Hazael his successor was:

was a great man with his master;
high in his favour and esteem:

and honourable;
not only acceptable to the king, and loaded with honours by him, but greatly respected by all ranks and degrees among the people:

because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria;
out of the hands of their enemies, and victory over them, and particularly in the last battle with Israel, in which Ahab was slain, and, as the Jews suppose, by the hands of Naaman, (See Gill on 1 Kings 22:34) however, when any salvation was wrought, or victory obtained, even by Heathens, and by them over Israel, the people of God, it was of the Lord:

he was also a mighty man in valour;
a very courageous valiant man:

but he was a leper;
was stricken with the leprosy, which had deformed and disgraced his person, and weakened his strength, and dispirited him; all his grandeur and honour could not protect him from this loathsome disease.

2 Reis 5:1 In-Context

1 Naamã, comandante do exército do rei da Síria, era muito respeitado e honrado pelo seu senhor, pois por meio dele o SENHOR dera vitória à Síria. Mas esse grande guerreiro ficou leproso.

2 Ora, tropas da Síria haviam atacado Israel e levado cativa uma menina, que passou a servir a mulher de Naamã.

3 Um dia ela disse à sua senhora: “Se o meu senhor procurasse o profeta que está em Samaria, ele o curaria da lepra”.

4 Naamã foi contar ao seu senhor o que a menina israelita dissera.

5 O rei da Síria respondeu: “Vá. Eu darei uma carta que você entregará ao rei de Israel”. Então Naamã partiu, levando consigo trezentos e cinquenta quilos de prata, setenta e dois quilos de ouro e dez mudas de roupas finas.

Footnotes

• [a]. O termo hebraico não se refere somente à lepra, mas também a diversas doenças da pele; também nos versículos 3, 6, 7, 11 e 27.