2 Kings 5:23 (LSB)

Passage

Then Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes and gave them to two of his young men; and they carried them before him.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:21 So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And Naaman saw one running after him, so he came down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all at peace?”

2 Kings 5:22 And he said, “All is at peace. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.’”

2 Kings 5:23 Then Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes and gave them to two of his young men; and they carried them before him.

2 Kings 5:24 So he came to the hill, and he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house. Then he sent the men away, and they departed.

2 Kings 5:25 But he came in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant went nowhere.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naaman", "said", "pleased", "take", "talents", "urged", and "bound". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naaman" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And he said All is at peace..." into verse 24's "So he came to the hill and...", so "naaman" and "said" 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 "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.