2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! ¹  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 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, ²  for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. ³ 

2 Kings 13:1

Jehoahaz’s Reign over Israel

13:1 In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah’s King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria ⁴  for seventeen years.

2 Kings 16:1-2

Ahaz’s Reign over Judah

16:1 In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham’s son Ahaz became king over Judah. 16:2 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. ⁵  He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. ⁶ 

2 Kings 22:9

22:9 Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, ⁷  “Your servants melted down the silver in the temple ⁸  and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord’s temple.”

¹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

² tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

³ 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.

⁴ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁵ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁶ tn Heb “and he did not do what was proper in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father.”

⁷ tn Heb “returned the king a word and said.”

⁸ tn Heb “that was found in the house.”