2 Re 5:1

1 Or Naaman, capo dell’esercito del re di Siria, era un uomo in grande stima ed onore presso il suo signore, perché per mezzo di lui l’Eterno avea reso vittoriosa la Siria; ma quest’uomo forte e prode era lebbroso.

2 Re 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 Re 5:1 In-Context

1 Or Naaman, capo dell’esercito del re di Siria, era un uomo in grande stima ed onore presso il suo signore, perché per mezzo di lui l’Eterno avea reso vittoriosa la Siria; ma quest’uomo forte e prode era lebbroso.

2 Or alcune bande di Siri, in una delle loro incursioni, avean condotta prigioniera dal paese d’Israele una piccola fanciulla, ch’era passata al servizio della moglie di Naaman.

3 Ed ella disse alla sua padrona: "Oh se il mio signore potesse presentarsi al profeta ch’è a Samaria! Questi lo libererebbe dalla sua lebbra!"

4 Naaman andò dal suo signore, e gli riferì la cosa, dicendo: "Quella fanciulla del paese d’Israele ha detto così e così".

5 Il re di Siria gli disse: "Ebbene, va’; io manderò una lettera al re d’Israele". Quegli dunque partì, prese seco dieci talenti d’argento, seimila sicli d’oro, e dieci mute di vestiti.