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2 Kings 5:3

Samaria
Witness and missionFaithGenerosityThe stranger and outcast

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.

2 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.

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.

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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BSB
She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”
KJV
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.
WEB
She said to her mistress, “I wish that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would heal him of his leprosy.”
ASV
And she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.
DARBY
And she said to her mistress, Oh, would that my lord were before the prophet that is in Samaria! then he would cure him of his leprosy.
BLB
And she said to her mistress, “If only my master [were] with the prophet who [is] in Samaria, then he would heal him of his leprosy!”
ÅB
Hun sa til sin frue: Bare min herre var hos profeten i Samaria! Da skulle nok han fri ham fra hans spedalskhet.
OTB
Og hun sa til sin frue, “Hadde bare min herre vært hos profeten i Samaria! Han ville sikkert helbrede ham fra hans spedalskhet.”
B1930
Hun sa til sin frue: Bare min herre var hos profeten i Samaria! Da skulde nok han fri ham fra hans spedalskhet.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 11:29

    And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

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  • Acts 26:29

    And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

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  • Luke 17:12–14

    And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:8

    Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

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  • Matthew 11:5

    The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

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  • 2 Kings 5:8

    And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

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  • Matthew 8:2–3

    And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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