King James Version
2 Kings 5:9 in the King James Version says “So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.”
2 Kings 5:9 · KJV
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. I thought: Heb. I said. or, I said with my self, He will surely come out, etc. strike: Heb. move up and down
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and with his chariot”
H7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone
“and stood”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
“of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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