Bible Strands
2 Kings 5:14
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Naaman acts on Elisha’s instruction after his servants urge him to comply, immediately following his initial resistance to the prophet’s command.
The words — וַ/יִּטְבֹּ֤ל (va/i.yit.Bol) denotes a deliberate dipping or immersion, while שֶׁ֣בַע (She.va') specifies the exact number seven, emphasizing complete obedience to the stated measure.
The thread — The restoration of skin “like that of a little child” echoes Job 33:25, while the narrative of a foreigner receiving cleansing outside Israel anticipates Luke 4:27 and the immediate healing in Luke 5:13.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize that healing follows precise, repeated action rather than immediate reward, establishing obedience as the mechanism for the reported restoration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Cross-references
- Job 33:25 then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.
- Luke 4:27 And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
- Luke 5:13 Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.
- Zechariah 14:8 And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
- 2 Kings 5:10 Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”
- Ezekiel 47:1 Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- Job 31:13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
- Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
- Zechariah 13:1 “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.