1. 2 Kings 5:13 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why do the servants call Naaman “my father”?

2 Kings 5:13 (ESV)

13 But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”

The servants love their master. Compare this with the words of the girl to her mistress: “If only my master” (2 Kings 5:3).