2 Kings 5:9

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.

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.

So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
KJV
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
WEB
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
ASV
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
DARBY
And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.
BLB
And Naaman went with his horses and with his chariot, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
ÅB
Så kom Na'aman med sine hester og sin vogn og holdt ved døren til Elisas hus.
OTB
Så kom Na’aman med sine hester og sin vogn, og sto ved inngangen til Elisjas hus.
B1930
Så kom Na'aman med sine hester og sin vogn og holdt ved døren til Elisas hus.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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  • 2 Kings 6:32

    But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?

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  • Acts 16:37–39

    But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.

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  • Acts 16:29–30

    Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,

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  • 2 Kings 3:12

    And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

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