2-Kings - 5:4



4 Someone went in, and told his lord, saying, "The maiden who is from the land of Israel said this."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 5:4.

Differing Translations

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And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel.
Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel.
And one goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, 'Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who is from the land of Israel.'
And someone went and said to his lord, This is what the girl from the land of Israel says.
And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: "The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

One went in - Rather, "he went in," i. e. Naaman went and told his lord, the king of Syria.

Thus and thus said the maid - So well had this little pious maid conducted herself, that her words are credited; and credited so fully, that an embassy from the king of Syria to the king of Israel is founded upon them!

And (c) [one] went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of Israel.
(c) That is, Naaman told it to the king of Syria.

And one went in and told his lord,.... What the girl had said to her mistress; one of the servants of the house that overheard it; or rather, Naaman went and told his lord the king of Syria; for as this was said to his wife, no doubt she told it to her husband, and not a servant; and the following words require this sense, and is the sense of most Jewish commentators:
saying, thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel; who for her wit and beauty might be well known at court by the name of the Israelitish girl.

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