2 Kings 5 · Verse 4

2 Kings 5:4

And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
2 Kings 5:4, King James Version

2 Kings 5:4 in other translations

BSBAnd Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.
WEBSomeone went in and told his lord, saying, “The girl who is from the land of Israel said this.”
ASVAnd one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.
YLTAnd one goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, ‘Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who is from the land of Israel.'
DARBYAnd he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
BBEAnd someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
WebsterAnd one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

What does 2 Kings 5:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 5:2-5

2-5. a little maid--who had been captured in one of the many predatory incursions which were then made by the Syrians on the northern border of Israel (see 1Sa 30:8; 2Ki 13:21; 24:2). By this young Hebrew slave of his wife, Naaman's attention was directed to the prophet of Israel, as the person who would remove his leprosy. Naaman, on communicating the matter to his royal master, was immediately furnished with a…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-8

Though the Syrians were idolaters, and oppressed God's people, yet the deliverance of which Naaman had been the means, is here ascribed to the Lord. Such is the correct language of Scripture, while those who write common history, plainly show that God is not in all their thoughts. No man's greatness, or honour, can place him our of the reach of the sorest calamities of human life: there is many a sickly, crazy body…

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2 Kings 5:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּבֹ֕אvai.ya.Vo'and he wentH935
וַיַּגֵּ֥דvai.ya.Gedand he toldH5046
לַאדֹנָ֖יוla.do.Navto master<s> hisH113
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
כָּזֹ֤אתka.Zotlike thisH2063
וְכָזֹאת֙ve.kha.zoTand like thisH2063
דִּבְּרָ֣הdi.be.Rahshe spokeH1696
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הha.na.'a.Rahthe girlH5291
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhoH834
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retz[is] from [the] land ofH776
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 5:4

  • 1 Corinthians 1:26-27

    For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

  • 2 Kings 7:9-11

    Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household. So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.

  • Mark 5:19

    Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

  • John 1:42-46

    And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. …

  • John 4:28-29

    The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

  • Mark 16:9-10

    Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and told his lord.
7:9-11; Mr 5:19; 16:9,10; Joh 1:42-46; 4:28,29; 1Co 1:26,27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Kings 5:3

    And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

  • 2 Kings 5:4

    And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 5:5

    And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.

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2 Kings 5:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y entrando Naamán á su señor, declaróselo, diciendo: Así y así ha dicho una muchacha que es de la tierra de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Naaman vint et le rapporta à son seigneur, disant: La jeune fille qui est du pays d’Israël a dit ainsi et ainsi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Naaman ging und berichtete es seinem Herrn und sprach: So und so hat die Dirne geredet, die aus dem Lande Israel ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ingressus est itaque Naaman ad dominum suum, et nuntiavit ei, dicens: Sic et sic locuta est puella de terra Israël.