2 Kings 5:1 (DBY)

Passage

And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, [but] a leper.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:1 And Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man before his master, and honourable, for by him Jehovah had given deliverance to Syria; and he was a mighty man of valour, [but] a leper.

2 Kings 5:2 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.

2 Kings 5:3 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naaman", "captain", "host", "king", "syria", "great", "before", and "master". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naaman" and "captain", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And the Syrians had gone out in...", so "naaman" and "captain" should be read forward into that movement. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "naaman" and "captain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.