2 Kings 5:19 (DRB)

Passage

And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him, in the spring time of the earth.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:17 And Naaman said: As thou wilt: but I beseech thee, grant to me, thy servant, to take from hence two mules' burden of earth: for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust, or victim, to other gods, but to the Lord.

2 Kings 5:18 But there is only this, for which thou shalt entreat the Lord for thy servant; when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon, to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand: if I bow down in the temple of Remmon, when he boweth down in the same place, that the Lord pardon me, thy servant, for this thing.

2 Kings 5:19 And he said to him: Go in peace. So he departed from him, in the spring time of the earth.

2 Kings 5:20 But Giezi, the servant of the man of God, said: My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving of him that which he brought: as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take something of him.

2 Kings 5:21 And Giezi followed after Naaman: and when he saw him running after him, he leapt down from his chariot to meet him, and said: Is all well?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "peace", "departed", "spring", "time", and "earth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "peace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "But there is only this for which..." into verse 20's "But Giezi the servant of the man...", so "said" and "peace" 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 "said" and "peace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.