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2 Kings 5:6

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. with: Heb. in his hand
And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

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He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “Now when this letter has come to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.”

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy.

5:7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

What does 2 Kings 5:6 mean?

2 Kings 5:6 is a verse in the book of 2 Kings, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include בּוֹא (bôwʼ), סֵפֶר (çêpher), מֶלֶךְ (melek). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
he
broughtבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
the
letterסֵפֶרçêpher/say'-fer/H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
to
the
kingמֶלֶךְmelek/meh'-lek/H4428a king
of
Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
saying,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Now
when
this
letterסֵפֶרçêpher/say'-fer/H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
is
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
unto
thee,
behold,
I
have
therewith
sentשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
NaamanנַעֲמָןNaʻămân/nah-am-awn'/H5283Naaman, the name of an Israelite and of a Damascene
my
servantעֶבֶדʻebed/eh'-bed/H5650a servant
to
thee,
that
thou
mayest
recoverאָסַףʼâçaph/aw-saf'/H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
him
of
his
leprosy.צָרַעַתtsâraʻath/tsaw-rah'-ath/H6883leprosy

Commentary on 2 Kings 5:6

HENRY_FULL · 2 Kings 5:6
s the history of Ahab's reign. It was promised in the close of the foregoing chapter that the ruin of his house should not come in his days, but his days were soon at an end. His war with the Syrians at Ramoth-Gilead is that which we have an account of in this chapter. I. His preparations for that war. He consulted, 1. His privy-council, ver. 1-3 . 2. Jehoshaphat, ver. 4 . 3. His prophets. (1.) His own, who encouraged him to go on this expedition ( ver. 5, 6 ), Zedekiah particularly, ver. 11, 12 . (2.) A prophet of the Lord, Micaiah, who was desired to come by Jehoshaphat ( ver. 7, 8 ), sent for ( ver. 9, 10-13, 14 ), upbraided Ahab with his confidence in the false prophets ( v. 15 ), but foretold his fall in this expedition ( ver. 16-18 ), and gave him an account how he came to be thus imposed upon by his prophets, ver. 19-23 . He is abused by Zedekiah ( ver. 24, 25 ), and imprisoned by Ahab, ver. 26-28 . II. The battle itself, in which, 1. Jehoshaphat is exposed. But, 2. Ahab is slain, ver. 29-40 . In the close of the chapter we have a short account, (1.) Of the good reign of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, ver. 41-50 . (2.) Of the wicked reign of Ahaziah king of Israel, ver. 51-53 . Jehoshaphat's League with Ahab. ( b. c. 897.)

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2 Kings 5:1

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. with: Heb. before. honourable: or, gracious: Heb. lifted up, or, accepted in countenance. deliverance: or, victory

2 Kings 8:18

And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Kings 15:24

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

2 Chronicles 18:1

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.

2 Chronicles 18:2

And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. after: Heb. at the end of years

Matthew 12:40

For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Matthew 16:21

From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.

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What does 2 Kings 5:6 say?

2 Kings 5:6 (King James Version) reads: "And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy."

Is 2 Kings 5:6 in the Old or New Testament?

2 Kings 5:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of 2 Kings.

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