What Does 2 Kings 5:15 Mean in the King James?

And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.

2 Kings 5:15 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The Hebrew “I know” names recognition born through encounter, so Naaman’s healing changes what he can perceive and say.

THE MEANING

The verse speaks into the moment when a change in your lived experience becomes recognition: what you know is no longer only a report but something you have encountered. That knowing takes shape as a return, a spoken confession, and a tangible gift of honor.

THE ROOT

וְיָדַעְתִּי

ve-yadaʿti

GROWS FROM

ידע

yadaʿ

To know, recognize, or perceive.

English “know” can sound like holding a correct statement; ⁨יָדַע⁩ (yadaʿ, to know or perceive) carries recognition that comes into focus through encounter. Naaman’s “now I know” joins what he perceives to the change he has undergone.

ALSO GROWS

daʿat: Knowledge or understanding.

דַּעַת

The related noun gives this knowing a substance beyond a passing thought: it is recognition that has taken hold.

yodēaʿ: A person who knows or perceives.

יֹדֵעַ

The root can describe a knower as well as the act of knowing, tying Naaman’s confession to a changed understanding of what he has encountered.

בְּרָכָה

berakhah

GROWS FROM

ברך

barakh

To bless; the related noun ⁨בֶּרֶךְ⁩ (berekh) means knee.

Naaman’s offer is called a berakhah, “blessing.” Its consonants also appear in berekh, “knee,” joining the gift to a word-family of blessing and kneeling honor.

ALSO GROWS

barakh: To bless.

בָּרַךְ

The verb keeps Naaman’s concrete gift connected to the language of blessing.

berekh: Knee.

בֶּרֶךְ

This related word adds a posture of honor to the blessing Naaman brings.

THE PATTERN

Recognition of God takes shape when what is witnessed becomes a first-person confession.

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Exodus 18:11 · KJVJethro’s “Now I know” echoes Naaman’s confession: what he witnesses becomes something he can name for himself.

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:24 · KJVKnowing the LORD is expressed as recognition of who God is and what God does.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:3 · KJVThe verse makes knowing God central to life, extending the pattern of recognition beyond a single confession.

THE THREAD

Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.

Exodus 18:11 · KJV

Both men say “Now I know” after witnessing the LORD’s acts, making Naaman’s confession echo Jethro’s. In both, ⁨יָדַע⁩ (yadaʿ, to know or perceive) names recognition that comes into focus through encounter.

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