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2 Kings 5:4

And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Children;   Elisha;   Joram;   Miracles;   Naaman;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;   Servants;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Syria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Earth, Land;   Elisha;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Damascus;   Naaman;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Naaman ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Abana;   Naaman;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Maid;   Naaman;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
Hebrew Names Version
One went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden who is of Eretz-Yisra'el.
King James Version
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
English Standard Version
So Naaman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel."
New Century Version
Naaman went to the king and told him what the girl from Israel had said.
New English Translation
Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
Amplified Bible
Naaman went in and told his master [the king], "The girl who is from the land of Israel said such and such."
New American Standard Bible
And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "The girl who is from the land of Israel spoke such and such."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he went in, and tolde his lorde, saying, Thus and thus saith the mayde that is of the land of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel."
Contemporary English Version
When Naaman told the king what the girl had said,
Complete Jewish Bible
Na‘aman went in and told his lord, "The girl from the land of Isra'el said such-and-such."
Darby Translation
And he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Naaman went to the king and told him what the Israelite girl said.
George Lamsa Translation
And they went in and told her lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid who is from the land of Israel.
Good News Translation
When Naaman heard of this, he went to the king and told him what the girl had said.
Lexham English Bible
He came and told his master, saying, "Thus and so the girl who is from the land of Israel said."
Literal Translation
And one went in and told his lord, saying, This and this she said, the girl who is from the land of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then wente he into his lorde, and tolde him, and sayde: Thus and thus hath the damsel of the londe of Israel spoken.
American Standard Version
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he went in, and tolde his lorde, saying: Thus and thus saide the mayd that is of the lande of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he went in, and told his lord, saying: 'Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.'
King James Version (1611)
And one went in, and tolde his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the mayd that is of the land of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And she went in and told her lord, and said, Thus and thus spoke the maid from the land of Israel.
English Revised Version
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Naaman entride to his lord, and telde to hym, and seide, A damysel of the lond of Israel spak so and so.
Young's Literal Translation
And [one] goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who [is] from the land of Israel.'
Update Bible Version
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.
World English Bible
One went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden who is of the land of Israel.
New King James Version
And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel."
New Living Translation
So Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said.
New Life Bible
So Naaman went in and told his king, "This is what the girl from the land of Israel said."
New Revised Standard
So Naaman went in and told his lord just what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he went in and told his lord, saying, - Thus and thus, hath spoken the maiden who is of the land of Israel!
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said the girl from the land of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
So Na'aman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the maiden from the land of Israel."
THE MESSAGE
Naaman went straight to his master and reported what the girl from Israel had said.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel."

Contextual Overview

1 Now Naaman, chief of the army of the king of Aram, was a man of high position with his master, and greatly respected, because by him the Lord had given salvation to Aram; but he was a leper. 2 Now the Aramaeans had gone out in bands, and taken prisoner from Israel a little girl, who became servant to Naaman's wife. 3 And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well. 4 And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says. 5 So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper. 7 But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war? 8 Now Elisha, the man of God, hearing that the king of Israel had done this, sent to the king, saying, Why are you troubled? send the man to me, so that he may see that there is a prophet in Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and told his lord: 2 Kings 7:9-11, Mark 5:19, Mark 16:9, Mark 16:10, John 1:42-46, John 4:28, John 4:29, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 1:27

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God made man, he made him in the image of God;
Genesis 5:3
Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:
Genesis 5:7
And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:10
And after the birth of Kenan, Enosh went on living for eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:13
And after the birth of Mahalalel, Kenan went on living for eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:19
And Jared went on living after the birth of Enoch for eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:22
And after the birth of Methuselah, Enoch went on in God's ways for three hundred years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:26
And after the birth of Lamech, Methuselah went on living for seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:30
And after the birth of Noah, Lamech went on living for five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And one went in and told his lord,.... What the girl had said to her mistress; one of the servants of the house that overheard it; or rather, Naaman went and told his lord the king of Syria; for as this was said to his wife, no doubt she told it to her husband, and not a servant; and the following words require this sense, and is the sense of most Jewish commentators:

saying, thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel; who for her wit and beauty might be well known at court by the name of the Israelitish girl.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

One went in - Rather, “he went in,” i. e. Naaman went and told his lord, the king of Syria.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 5:4. Thus and thus said the maid — So well had this little pious maid conducted herself, that her words are credited; and credited so fully, that an embassy from the king of Syria to the king of Israel is founded upon them!


 
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