2 Kings 5:4 (LSB)

Passage

Then Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:2 Now the Arameans had gone out in marauding bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

2 Kings 5:3 And she said to her mistress, “I wish that my master were before the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.”

2 Kings 5:4 Then Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

2 Kings 5:5 Then the king of Aram said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went and took in his hand ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes.

2 Kings 5:6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “So now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "naaman", "went", "told", "master", "saying", "thus", and "spoke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "naaman" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And she said to her mistress I..." into verse 5's "Then the king of Aram said Go...", so "naaman" and "went" 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 "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.