1 tn Heb "was a great man before his master and lifted up with respect to the face."

2tn For a discussion of מְצֹרָע (m˙tsora'), 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.

3map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

4tn Heb "he"; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

5tn Heb "he"; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, "circle") refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 750 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

7tn Heb "six thousand gold […]." The unit of measure is not given in the Hebrew text. A number of English versions supply "pieces" (e.g., KJV, ASV, NAB, TEV) or "shekels" (e.g., NASB, NIV, NRSV).

8tn Heb "and now when this letter comes to you, look, I have sent to you Naaman my servant."

9tn Heb "Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?" In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.

10tn Heb "Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me."

11tn Heb "man of God" (also in vv. 15, 20).

12tn Heb "Let him come."

13tn Heb "will return to you."

14tn Heb "Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?" The rhetorical question expects an emphatic "yes" as an answer.

15tn Heb "my father," reflecting the perspective of each individual servant. To address their master as "father" would emphasize his authority and express their respect. See BDB 3 s.v. אָב and the similar idiomatic use of "father" in 2 Kgs 2:12.

16tn Heb "a great thing."

17tn Heb "would you not do [it]?" The rhetorical question expects the answer, "Of course you would."

18tn Heb "How much more [when] he said, "Wash and be healed." The second imperative ("be healed") states the expected result of obeying the first (‘wash").

19tn Heb "according to the word of the man of God."

20tn Heb "and his skin was restored, like the skin of a small child."

21tn Heb "he"; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

22tn Heb "look."

23tn Heb "he"; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

24tn Heb "before whom I stand."

25tn Heb "he"; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

26tn Heb "and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth."

27tn Heb "for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord."

28tn Heb "When my master enters the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand and I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, when I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this thing."

sn Rimmon was the Syrian storm god. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.

29tn Heb "he"; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

30tn Heb "and he went from him a distance of land." The precise meaning of כִּבְרַה (kivrah) "distance," is uncertain. See BDB 460 s.v. כִּבְרַה, and HALOT 459-60 s.v. II *כְּבָרַה, and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.

31tn Heb "said" (i.e., to himself).

32tn Heb "Look, my master spared this Syrian Naaman by not taking from his hand what he brought."

33tn Heb "Is there peace?"

34tn Heb "peace."

35tn Heb "Look now, here, two servants came to me from the Ephraimite hill country, from the sons of the prophets."

36tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, "circle") refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 75 pounds of silver (cf. NCV, NLT, CEV).

37tn Heb "Be resolved and accept two talents."

38tn Heb "before him."

39tn Heb "from their hand."

40tn Heb "and he sent the men away and they went."

41tn Heb "he"; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

42tn Heb "Did not my heart go as a man turned from his chariot to meet you?" The rhetorical question emphasizes that he was indeed present in "heart" (or "spirit") and was very much aware of what Gehazi had done. In the MT the interrogative particle has been accidentally omitted before the negative particle.

43tn In the MT the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, "Is this the time…?" It expects an emphatic negative response.

44tn Heb "cling to."

45tn Heb "he"; the referent (Gehazi) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

46tn Traditionally, "he went from before him, leprous like snow." But see the note at 5:1, as well as M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 66.