2 Kings 5:9 (DRB)

Passage

So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

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

2 Kings 5:9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:

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

2 Kings 5:11 Naaman was angry, and went away, saying: I thought he would have come out to me, and standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naaman", "came", "horses", "chariots", "stood", "door", "house", and "eliseus". 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 when Eliseus the man of God..." into verse 10's "And Eliseus 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.