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2 Kings 5:14

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.

KJV

Descendit, et lavit in Jordane septies juxta sermonem viri Dei : et restituta est caro ejus sicut caro pueri parvuli, et mundatus est.

Vulgate

καὶ κατέβη Ναιμὰν καὶ ἐβαπτίσατο ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ ἑπτάκι κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Ἐλεισαῖε· καὶ ἐπέστρεψεν ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦ ὡς σὰρξ παιδαρίου μικροῦ, καὶ ἐκαθαρίσθη.

LXX

Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the 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.

ASV

וַ/יֵּ֗רֶד וַ/יִּטְבֹּ֤ל בַּ/יַּרְדֵּן֙ שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים כִּ/דְבַ֖ר אִ֣ישׁ הָ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב בְּשָׂר֗/וֹ כִּ/בְשַׂ֛ר נַ֥עַר קָטֹ֖ן וַ/יִּטְהָֽר

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Jordan River

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
טָהֵֽר
thr
verb · 95×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יִּטְבֹּ֤ל
ytbl
verb · 16×
יַּרְדֵּ֔ן
yrdn
proper_noun · 182×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
פַּ֣עַם
p'm
noun · 117×
קָּטֹ֖ן
qtn
adjective · 101×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Luke 4:27 · allusion
    "And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian."
    Naaman the Syrian cleansed — Jesus references in Nazareth sermon

Typology

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers the ministry of Elisha, the dynasty of Jehu, the reigns of the kings of Israel and Judah, the prophets Jonah and Isaiah, and the fall of Samaria to the Assyrians in 722 BC. Josephus preserves traditions about Jonah and the Ninevites that supplement the biblical book.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 5:10 — 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.
  • 2Kgs 5:10 — 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.
  • Exod 4:7 — And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
  • Ezek 47:1 — Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the w
  • Heb 11:7 — By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness whi
  • Job 31:13 — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
  • Job 33:25 — His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
  • Job 33:25 — His flesh shall be fresher than a child’s: he shall return to the days of his youth:
  • John 2:5 — His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
  • Lev 14:7 — And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.
  • Luke 4:27 — And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
  • Luke 5:13 — And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
  • Luke 5:13 — And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
  • Luke 17:14 — And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
  • Matt 8:3 — And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
  • Prov 25:11 — A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
  • Zech 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
  • Zech 14:8 — And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.