2 Kings 5:15 (WEB)

Passage

He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:13 His servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean?’”

2 Kings 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

2 Kings 5:15 He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”

2 Kings 5:16 But he said, “As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” He urged him to take it; but he refused.

2 Kings 5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then, please let two mules’ burden of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "returned", "company", "came", "stood", "before", "said", "earth", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "returned" and "company", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Then went he down and dipped himself..." into verse 16's "But he said As Yahweh lives before...", so "returned" and "company" 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 "returned" and "company" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.