2 Kings 5:2 (DBY)

Passage

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.

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.

2 Kings 5:4 And he went and told his lord saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "syrians", "gone", "bands", "brought", "away", "captive", "land", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "syrians" and "gone", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And Naaman captain of the host of..." into verse 3's "And she said to her mistress Oh...", so "syrians" and "gone" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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