2Kings:5:5-27
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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 .
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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 #.
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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 .
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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 #.
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So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot ,
and stood at the door of the house of Elisha .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And he said unto him ,
Go in peace .
So he departed from him a little way .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ?
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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 .