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| 5:1 | Now Naaman, 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. |
| 5:2 | And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had
brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little
maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. |
| 5:3 | 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. |
| 5:4 | And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and
thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. |
| 5:5 | And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will
send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed,
and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand
pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. |
| 5:6 | And he brought the letter to the king of Israel,
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. |
| 5:7 | 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? wherefore consider, I
pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. |
| 5:8 | 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. |
| 5:9 | So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot,
and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. |
| 5:10 | And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and
wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come
again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. |
| 5:11 | 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. |
| 5:12 | Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better
than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them,
and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. |
| 5:13 | 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? |
| 5:14 | 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, and he was clean. |
| 5:15 | 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: now therefore, I pray thee, take a
blessing of thy servant. |
| 5:16 | 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. |
| 5:17 | 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. |
| 5:18 | 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. |
| 5:19 | And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed
from him a little way. |
| 5:20 | 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. |
| 5:21 | So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw
him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot
to meet him, and said, Is all well? |
| 5:22 | 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. |
| 5:23 | 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; and they bare them before him. |
| 5:24 | 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. |
| 5:25 | 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. |
| 5:26 | 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, and oxen, and
menservants, and maidservants? |
| 5:27 | 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. |