2 Kings 5:9 (DBY)

Passage

And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:7 And it came to pass when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his garments, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks an occasion against me.

2 Kings 5:8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy garments? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

2 Kings 5:9 And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

2 Kings 5:10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

2 Kings 5:11 And Naaman was wroth, and went away and said, Behold, I thought, He will certainly come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the place, and cure the leper.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naaman", "came", "horses", "chariot", "stood", "doorway", "house", and "elisha". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naaman" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And it was so when Elisha the..." into verse 10's "And Elisha sent a messenger to him...", so "naaman" and "came" 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 "naaman" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.