2Kings:5

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* And Naaman , commander of the army of the king of Syria , was a great and exalted man with his master , because the LORD had given deliverance to Syria by him . He was also a mighty man , [but ] a leper . * And the Syrians had gone out by companies , and captured a little girl out of the land of Israel . And she waited on Naaman 's wife . * And she said to her mistress , I wish my lord [were ] with the prophet in Samaria ! For he would recover him from his leprosy . * And [one ] went in and told his lord , saying , This and this said the girl from the land of Israel . * And the king of Syria said , Go , go in 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 of gold , and ten changes of clothing . * And he came in [with ] the letter to the king of Israel , saying , And now when this letter has come to you , behold , I have sent Naaman my servant to you . And you shall recover him of his leprosy . * And it happened when the king of Israel read the letter , he tore his clothes and said , [Am ] I God , to kill and to make alive , that this [man ] sends to me to recover a man from his leprosy ? For consider now , and see , for he is coiling himself toward me . * And it happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes , he sent to the king , saying , Why have you torn your clothes ? Let him now come to me , and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel . * And Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot , and stood at the door of the house of Elisha . * And Elisha sent a messenger to him , saying , Go and wash in Jordan seven times , and your flesh shall come to you , and you shall be clean . * But Naaman was angry , and went away . And he said , Behold , I said within myself , He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God , and strike his hand over the place and recover the leper . * [Are ] not Abana and Pharpar , rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them , and be clean ? And he turned and went away in a rage . * And his servants came near and spoke to him and said , My father , [if ] the prophet had told you [to do ] a great thing , would you not have done [it ]? How much rather then , when he says to you , Wash and be clean ? * And he went down and dipped seven times in Jordan , according to the saying of the man of God . And his flesh came again like the flesh of a little boy , and he was clean . * And he returned to the man of God , he and all his company . And he came and stood before him . And he said , Behold , now I know that [there is ] no God in all the earth , but in Israel . And now please take a blessing from your servant . * But he said , [As ] the LORD lives , before whom I stand , I will receive none . And he urged him to take it , but he refused . * And Naaman said , Please shall there not then be given to your servant two mules ' burden of earth ? For your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods , but to Jehovah . * In this thing may Jehovah pardon your servant , that when my master goes to the house of Rimmon to worship there , and he is supported by my hand , and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon ; when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon , may Jehovah pardon your servant in this thing . * And he said to him , Go in peace . And he went away from him a little way . * And Gehazi , the servant of Elisha the man of God , said , Behold , my master has spared Naaman the Syrian , in not receiving at his hand that which he brought . But , [as ] the LORD lives , I will run after him and take something from him . * And Gehazi followed after Naaman . And Naaman saw [him ] running after him , and descended down from the chariot to meet him . And he said , [Is ] all well ? * And he said , All [is ] well . My master has sent me , saying , Behold , this now , two young men from mount Ephraim of the sons of the prophets have come to me . Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing . * And Naaman said , Be content , take two talents . And he urged him and bound two talents of silver in two bags , with two changes of clothing . And he laid [them ] on two of his servants . And they carried them before him . * And he came to the hill , and he took from their hand and stowed them in the house . And he let the men go , and they departed . * And he went in and stood before his master . And Elisha said to him , Where [from ], Gehazi ? And he said , Your servant did not go here or there . * And he said to him , Did not my heart go [with you ] when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you ? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive clothing and olive-yards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menservants and maidservants ? * And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever . And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow .

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