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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 5

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2 Kings 5 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Kings 5 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 5 of 2 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now 1Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man [a]with his master, and highly respected, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper.
  2. Now the Arameans had gone out 2in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she [b]waited on Naaman’s wife.
  3. She said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were [c]with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”
  4. [d]Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.”
  5. Then the king of Aram said, “Go [e]now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He departed and 3took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten 4changes of clothes.
  6. ¶ He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
  7. When the king of Israel read the letter, 5he tore his clothes and said, “6Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But 7consider now, and see how he is seeking [f]a quarrel against me.”
  8. ¶ It happened when Elisha 8the 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.”
  9. So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.
  10. Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “9Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.”
  11. But Naaman was furious and went away and said, “Behold, I [g]thought, ‘He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.’
  12. Are not [h]Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and 10went away in a rage.
  13. 11Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, “12My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
  14. So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and 13his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and 14he was clean.
  15. ¶ When he returned to the man of God [i]with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, “Behold now, 15I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please 16take a [j]present from your servant now.”
  16. But he said, “17As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, 18I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
  17. Naaman said, “If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules’ load of 19earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD.
  18. In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and 20he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.”
  19. He said to him, “21Go in peace.” So he departed from him some distance.
  20. ¶ But 22Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, [k]thought, “Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, [l]by not receiving from his hands what he brought. 23As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him.”
  21. So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?”
  22. He said, “24All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from 25the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and 26two changes of clothes.’”
  23. Naaman said, “27Be pleased to take two talents.” And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
  24. When he came to the [m]hill, he took them from their hand and 28deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.
  25. But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “29Your servant went nowhere.”
  26. ¶ Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? 30Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?
  27. Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your [n]descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence 31a leper as white as snow.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit before
  2. ^ Lit was before
  3. ^ Lit before
  4. ^ Lit He
  5. ^ Lit enter
  6. ^ Lit an occasion
  7. ^ Lit said
  8. ^ Another reading is Amanah
  9. ^ Lit he and
  10. ^ Lit blessing
  11. ^ Lit said
  12. ^ Lit from
  13. ^ Lit Ophel
  14. ^ Lit seed

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Lu 4:27
  2. ^ 2Ki 6:23; 13:20
  3. ^ 1Sa 9:7; 2Ki 4:42
  4. ^ Jg 14:12; 2Ki 5:22, 23
  5. ^ Ge 37:29
  6. ^ Ge 30:2; 1Sa 2:6
  7. ^ 1Ki 20:7; Lu 11:54
  8. ^ 1Ki 12:22
  9. ^ Jn 9:7
  10. ^ Pr 14:17; 16:32; 19:11
  11. ^ 1Sa 28:23
  12. ^ 2Ki 2:12; 6:21; 8:9
  13. ^ 2Ki 5:10; Jb 33:25
  14. ^ Lu 4:27; 5:13
  15. ^ Jos 2:11; 1Sa 17:46, 47; 2Ki 5:8
  16. ^ 1Sa 25:27
  17. ^ 2Ki 3:14
  18. ^ Ge 14:22, 23; 2Ki 5:20, 26
  19. ^ Ex 20:24
  20. ^ 2Ki 7:2, 17
  21. ^ Ex 4:18; 1Sa 1:17; Mr 5:34
  22. ^ 2Ki 4:12, 31, 36
  23. ^ Ex 20:7; 2Ki 6:31
  24. ^ 2Ki 4:26
  25. ^ Jos 24:33
  26. ^ 2Ki 5:5
  27. ^ 2Ki 6:3
  28. ^ Jos 7:1, 11, 12, 21; 1Ki 21:16
  29. ^ 2Ki 5:22
  30. ^ 2Ki 5:16
  31. ^ Ex 4:6; Nu 12:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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