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, ¹  for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. ² 

2 Kings 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 Kings 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. ³  They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. ⁴  Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it ⁵  and went and hid what they had taken.

2 Kings 15:5

15:5 The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease ⁶  until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, ⁷  while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land.

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face.”

[5:1]  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.

[7:8]  ³ tn Heb “they ate and drank.”

[7:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they hid [it].”

[7:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they took from there.”

[15:5]  ⁵ tn Traditionally, “he was a leper.” But see the note at 5:1.

[15:5]  ⁶ tn The precise meaning of בֵית הַחָפְשִׁית (bet hakhofÿshit), “house of […?],” is uncertain. For a discussion of various proposals, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 166-67.