2Kings:5

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* Now Naaman Na #aman #, captain of the host of the king of Syria , was a great man with his master , and honourable , because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria : he was also a mighty man in valour , but he was a leper . * And the Syrians had gone out by companies , and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid na #arah #; and she waited on Naamans wife . * And she said unto her mistress , Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria ! for he would recover him of his leprosy tsara #ath #. * And one went in , and told his lord , saying , Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel Yisra #el #. * And the king of Syria said , Go to , go , and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel Yisra #el #. And he departed , and took with him ten talents of silver , and six thousand pieces of gold , and ten changes of raiment . * And he brought the letter to the king of Israel Yisra #el #, saying , Now when this letter is come unto thee , behold , I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee , that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy tsara #ath #. * And it came to pass , when the king of Israel had read the letter , that he rent his clothes , and said , Am I God , to kill and to make alive , that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy tsara #ath #? wherefore consider , I pray you , and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me . * And it was so , when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes , that he sent to the king , saying , Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me , and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel Yisra #el #. * So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot , and stood at the door of the house of Elisha . * And Elisha sent a messenger unto him , saying , Go and wash in Jordan seven times pa #am #, and thy flesh shall come again to thee , and thou shalt be clean . * But Naaman was wroth , and went away , and said , Behold , I thought , 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 #A and Pharpar , rivers of Damascus , better than all the waters of Israel Yisra #el #? may I not wash in them , and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage . * And his servants came near , and spake unto him , and said , My father , if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing , wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then , when he saith to thee , Wash , and be clean ? * 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 na #ar #, and he was clean . * 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 Yisra #el #: now therefore , I pray thee , take a blessing of thy servant . * But he said , As the LORD liveth , before whom I stand , I will receive none . And he urged him to take it ; but he refused . * And Naaman said , Shall there not then , I pray thee , be given to thy servant two mules burden of earth ? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods , but unto the LORD . * In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant , that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there , and he leaneth on my hand , and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon : when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon , the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing . * And he said unto him , Go in peace . So he departed from him a little way . * But Gehazi , the servant of Elisha the man of God , said , Behold , my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian , in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but , as the LORD liveth , I will run after him , and take somewhat of him . * So Gehazi followed after Naaman Na #aman #. And when Naaman saw him running after him , he lighted down from the chariot to meet him , and said , Is all well ? * And he said , All is well . My master hath sent me , saying , Behold , even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets : give them , I pray thee , a talent of silver , and two changes of garments . * 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 garments , and laid them upon two of his servants na #ar #; and they bare them before him . * And when he came to the tower , he took them from their hand , and bestowed them in the house : and he let the men go , and they departed . * But he went in , and stood before his master . And Elisha said unto him , Whence comest thou , Gehazi ? And he said , Thy servant went no whither . * And he said unto him , Went not mine heart with thee , when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee ? Is it a time to receive money , and to receive garments , and oliveyards , and vineyards , and sheep tso #n #, and oxen , and menservants , and maidservants ? * The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee , and unto thy seed for ever . And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow .

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