2Kings:5

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drb @2Kings:5:1 @Naaman , general of the army of the king of Syria , was a great man with his master , and honourable : for by him the Lord gave deliverance to Syria : and he was a valiant man and rich , but a leper . drb @2Kings:5:2 @Now there had gone out robbers from Syria , and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid , and she waited upon Naaman 's wife . drb @2Kings:5:3 @And she said to her mistress : I wish my master had been with the prophet , that is in Samaria : he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he hath . drb @2Kings:5:4 @Then Naaman went in to his lord , and told him , saying : Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel . drb @2Kings:5:5 @And the king of Syria sad to him : Go , and I will send a letter to the king of Israel . And he departed , and took with him ten talents of silver , and six thousand pieces of gold , and tell changes of raiment , drb @2Kings:5:6 @And brought the letter to the king of Israel , in these words : When thou shalt receive this letter , know that I have sent to thee Naaman my servant , that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy . drb @2Kings:5:7 @And when the king of Israel had read the letter , he rent his garments , and said : Am I God , to be able to kill and give life , that this man hath sent to me , to heal a man of his leprosy ? mark , and see how he seeketh occasions against me . drb @2Kings:5:8 @And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this , to wit , that the king of Israel had rent his garments , he sent to him , saying : Why hast thou rent thy garments ? let him come to me , and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel . drb @2Kings:5:9 @So Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots , and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus : drb @2Kings:5:10 @And Eliseus sent a messenger to him , saying : Go , and wash seven times in the Jordan , and thy flesh shall recover health , and thee shalt be clean . drb @2Kings:5:11 @Naaman was angry and went away , saying : I thought he would hare come out to me , and standing would hare invoked the name of the Lord his God , and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy , and healed me . drb @2Kings:5:12 @Are not the Abana , and the Pharphar , rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters of Israel , that I may wash in them , and be made clean ? So as he turned , and was going away with indignation , drb @2Kings:5:13 @His servants came to him , and said to him : Father , if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing , surely thou shouldst have done it : how much rather what he now hath said to thee : Wash , and thou shalt he clean ? drb @2Kings:5:14 @Then he went down , and washed in the Jordan seven times : according to the word of the man of God , and his flesh was restored , like the flesh of a little child , and he was made clean . drb @2Kings:5:15 @And returning to the man of God with all his train , be came , and stood before him , and said : In truth , I know there is no other God in all the earth , but only in Israel : I beseech thee therefore take a blessing of thy servant . drb @2Kings:5:16 @But he answered : As the Lord liveth , before whom I stand , I will receive none . And when he pressed him , he still refused . drb @2Kings:5:17 @And Naaman said : As thou wilt : but I beseech thee , grant to me thy servant , to take from hence two mules ' burden of earth : for thy servant will not henceforth offer holocaust , or victim , to other gods , but to the Lord . drb @2Kings:5:18 @But there is only this , for which thou shalt entreat the Lord for thy servant , when my master goeth into the temple of Remmon , to worship : and he leaneth upon my hand , if I bow down in the temple of Remmon , when he boweth down in the same place , that the Lord pardon me thy servant for this thing . drb @2Kings:5:19 @And he said to him : Go in peace . So he departed from him in the springtime of the earth . drb @2Kings:5:20 @But Giezi the servant of the man of God said : My master hath spared Naaman this Syrian , in not receiving of him that which he brought : as the Lord liveth , I will run after him , and take some thing of him : drb @2Kings:5:21 @21And Giezi followed after Naaman : and when he saw him running after him , he leapt down from his chariot to meet him , and said : Is all well ? drb @2Kings:5:22 @And he said : Well : my master hath sent me to thee , saying : Just now there are come to me from mount Ephraim , two young men of the sons of the prophets : give them a talent of silver , and two changes of garments . drb @2Kings:5:23 @And Naaman said : It is better that thou take two talents . And he forced him , and bound two talents of silver in two bags , and two changes of garments , and laid them upon two of his servants , and they carried them before him . drb @2Kings:5:24 @And when he was come , and now it was the evening , he took them from their hands , and laid them up in the house , and sent the men away , and they departed . drb @2Kings:5:25 @But he went in , and stood before his master . And Eliseus said : Whence comest thou , Giezi ? He answered : Thy servant went no whither . drb @2Kings:5:26 @But he said : Was not my heart present , when the man turned back from his chariot to meet thee ? So now thou hast received money , and received garments , to buy oliveyards , and vineyards , and sheep , and oxen , and menservants , and maidservants . drb @2Kings:5:27 @But the leprosy of Naaman shall also stick to thee , and to thy seed for ever . And he went out from him a leper as white as snow .

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