2 Kings 5:23 (YLT)

Passage

And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

Nearby Context

2 Kings 5:21 And Gehazi pursueth after Naaman, and Naaman seeth one running after him, and alighteth from off the chariot to meet him, and saith, `Is there peace?'

2 Kings 5:22 And he saith, `Peace; my lord hath sent me, saying, Lo, now, this, come unto me have two young men from the hill-country of Ephraim, of the sons of the prophets; give, I pray thee, to them, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.'

2 Kings 5:23 And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

2 Kings 5:24 and he cometh in unto the high place, and taketh out of their hand, and layeth up in the house, and sendeth away the men, and they go.

2 Kings 5:25 And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence--Gehazi?' and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "And he saith Peace my lord hath..." into verse 24's "and he cometh in unto the high...", so "naaman" and "saith" 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 "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.