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2 Kings 5:2

Naaman

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.

And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

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.

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

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BSB
At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.
KJV
And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
WEB
The Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little girl, and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
ASV
And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman`s wife.
DARBY
And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife.
BLB
And Aram had gone out in bands, and had brought back captive from the land of Israel a young girl. And she waited before the face of the wife of Naaman.
ÅB
Syrerne hadde engang gjort et herjetog og bortført en liten pike som fange fra Israels land; og hun tjente nå hos Na'amans hustru.
OTB
Arameerne hadde dratt ut i flokker og hadde tatt til fange en ung jente fra Israels land; og hun tjente Na’amans kone.
B1930
Syrerne hadde engang gjort et herjetog og bortført en liten pike som fange fra Israels land; og hun tjente nu hos Na'amans hustru.

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Cross references

  • 2 Kings 6:23

    And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 13:20

    And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.

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  • Psalms 123:2

    Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:17–18

    And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

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  • Judges 9:34

    And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies.

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