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BrLXXΚαὶ ἦλθε Ναιμὰν ἐν ἵππῳ καὶ ἅρματι, καὶ ἔστη ἐπὶ θύρας οἴκου Ἐλισαιέ. (Kai aʸlthe Naiman en hippōi kai harmati, kai estaʸ epi thuras oikou Elisaie. )
BrTrSo Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie.
ULTAnd Naaman came on his horses and on his chariots. And he stood in the opening of the house of Elisha.
USTSo Naaman went with his horses and chariots to Elisha’s house and waited outside the door.
BSBSo Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
JPSSo Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
ASVSo Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
DRASo Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:
YLTAnd Naaman cometh, with his horses and with his chariot, and standeth at the opening of the house for Elisha;
DrbyAnd Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.
RVSo Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
SLTAnd Naaman will come with his horse and with his chariot, and he will stand at the door of the House to Elisha.
WbstrSo Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
KJB-1769So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
KJB-1611So Naaman came with his horses, and with his charet, and stood at the doore of the house of Elisha. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)
GnvaThen Naaman came with his horses, and with his charets, and stoode at the doore of the house of Elisha. (Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. )
ClVgVenit ergo Naaman cum equis et curribus, et stetit ad ostium domus Elisei: (He_came therefore Naaman when/with equis and curribus, and he_stood to door home Elisei: )
5:9-12 Rather than receiving Naaman, who came to buy his healing, Elisha left him standing at the door and communicated with him by messenger. Naaman expected special treatment befitting his station and was disappointed both in Elisha’s failure to receive him and at his instructions to wash . . . seven times in the Jordan River, which he considered inferior to the rivers of Aram. Washing in the Jordan would be a visible reminder that only Yahweh, the God of Israel, could heal Naaman.
Though it is difficult to discern exactly when the various stories of Elijah and Elisha took place, all of them occurred during an era of Aramean strength, roughly spanning the ninth century B.C. In this story, a man named Naaman, commander over the Aramean army, suffered from leprosy, and a captive Israelite girl in his household told him that a prophet in Samaria could cure him. Naaman received permission from the king of Aram to travel to Samaria, and the king sent a letter with Naaman, confirming that Naaman had come to be healed of his leprosy. Naaman arrived in Samaria and gave the letter to the king of Israel, but the king tore his clothes in anguish, because he believed this was impossible, and then the Arameans would attack him for his failure to cure Naaman. But Elisha heard about this and told the king to send Naaman to him. It is not clear whether Elisha was living in the city of Samaria at this time or in another place in the greater vicinity of Samaria such as Gilgal, where Elijah and Elisha appear to have led a school of prophets (2 Kings 2:1-2; 4:38). When Naaman arrived at Elisha’s house, Elisha simply sent a messenger to the door with instructions for Naaman to go and wash in the Jordan River seven times. Naaman was initially incensed that Elisha did not come himself and instantly cure the leprosy, and he boasted that the rivers of Abana and Pharpar near Damascus were better than any of the rivers of Israel. He started to leave in anger, but his servants convinced him just to try this simple task. So Naaman went down to the Jordan River, perhaps near Jericho, and when he washed in the water he emerged with his skin free of leprosy. He returned to Elisha and declared that there is no god except the God of Israel. Naaman then offered Elisha a gift, but Elisha refused to accept it, so Naaman requested instead that he be allowed to take back two mule-loads of dirt to Aram so that he could offer sacrifices to the Lord. Naaman may have made this request because, in his pagan understanding of God, he believed that all gods were tied to a particular land or nation, so he needed to be on Israelite land to offer an acceptable sacrifice to the God of Israel. It appears that Elisha granted Naaman’s request and sent him on his way.
