2 Raja-raja 5:1

Elisha Heals a Syrian General

5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, ¹  for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. ² 

2 Raja-raja 5:11

5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.

2 Raja-raja 5:27

5:27 Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict ³  you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi ⁴  went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. ⁵ 

2 Raja-raja 7:3

7:3 Now four men with a skin disease ⁶  were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, “Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? ⁷ 

2 Raja-raja 7:8

7:8 When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. ⁸  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ⁹  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ¹⁰  and went and hid what they had taken.

¹ tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

² tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (mÿtsora’), traditionally translated “leprous,” see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 63. Naaman probably had a skin disorder of some type, not leprosy/Hansen’s disease.

³ tn Heb “cling to.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Traditionally, “he went from before him, leprous like snow.” But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66.

⁶ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 5:1.

⁷ tn Heb “until we die.”

⁸ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

⁹ tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and they took from there.”