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Legacy Standard Bible

2 Kings 5:4

Then Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel."

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

1Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him Yahweh had given salvation to Aram. The man was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 2Now the Arameans had gone out in marauding bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3And she said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were before the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy." 4Then Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel." 5Then the king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So he went and took in his hand ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. 6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "So now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy." 7Now it happened that when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to put to death and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But know now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." 8Now it happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Now let him come to me, and he shall know 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
God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that creeps on the earth."
Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived 130 years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
Then Seth lived 807 years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
Then Enosh lived 815 years after he became the father of Kenan, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
Then Kenan lived 840 years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
Then Jared lived 800 years after he became the father of Enoch, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
Then Enoch walked with God 300 years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
Then Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he became the father of other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
Then Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he became the father of other 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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