2 Kings 5:2

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“At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.”

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BSBPD

“At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the Aramaeans have gone out <FI>by<Fi> troops, and they take captive out of the land of Israel a little damsel, and she is before the wife of Naaman,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Kings 5:2 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Judges 9:34So Abimelech and all his troops set out by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies.
  2. 1 Samuel 13:17And raiders went out of the Philistine camp in three divisions. One headed toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
  3. 2 Kings 6:23So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
  4. 2 Kings 13:20And Elisha died and was buried. Now the Moabite raiders used to come into the land every spring.
  5. Psalms 123:2As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

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