ULT 2 KI Chapter 5

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5 Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man to the face of his master, and he was lifted of face, because through him Yahweh gave deliverance to Aram. And the man was mighty of valor, a leper. 2 And Aram went out in raiding bands, and they captured a young girl from the land of Israel. And she was to the face of the wife of Naaman. 3 And she said to her mistress, “Oh that my lord was to the face of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would remove him from his leprosy.” 4 And one came and declared to his master, saying, “Like this and like this the girl spoke who is from the land of Israel.” 5 And the king of Aram said, “Go, enter, and let me send a letter to, the king of Israel.” And he went, and he took in his hand 10 kikkars of silver and 6,000 gold and 10 changes of clothes. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now, when this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent to you Naaman my servant, and you shall remove him from his leprosy.” 7 And it happened when the king of Israel read the letter that he tore his clothes, and he said, “Am I God, killing and making alive, that this one is sending to me to remove a man from his leprosy? For surely, please know and see that he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

8 And it happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes that he sent to the king saying, “Why did you tear your clothes? Please let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots. And he stood at the entrance of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and you shall wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will return to you, and be clean.” 11 And Naaman became angry, and he went, and he said, “Behold, I said to myself, ‘Coming out, he will come out, and he will stand, and he will call on the name of Yahweh his God, and he will wave his hand over the place, and he will remove the leprosy.’ 12 Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel? Shall I not bathe in them and become clean?” And he turned, and he went away in heat. 13 But his servants approached, and they spoke to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had spoken a great matter to you, would you not have done it? Then how much more when he has said to you, ‘Wash and be clean’?” 14 So he went down, and he dipped in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God. And his flesh returned like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean.

15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all of his camp, and he came and stood to his face. And he said, “Behold, please, I know that there is no God in all of the earth except in Israel. And now, please take a blessing from your servant.” 16 But he said, “The life of Yahweh, to whose face I stand, if I should take.” And he urged him to take, but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, “But if not, let dirt, the burden of a pair of mules, please be given to your servant, for your servant will no longer make a burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but rather to Yahweh. 18 For this matter, may Yahweh forgive your servant. When my master comes to the house of Rimmon to prostrate himself there, and he is leaning himself on my hand, and I prostrate myself in the house of Rimmon, when I prostrate myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh please forgive your servant in this matter.” 19 And he said to him, “Go in peace.” And he went from him a length of land.

20 And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, “Behold, my master spared Naaman, that Aramean, from taking from his hand what he brought. The life of Yahweh, if I do not run after him and take something from him!” 21 So Gehazi pursued after Naaman. And Naaman saw one running after him, and he got down from upon the chariot to meet him. And he said, “Peace?” 22 And he said, “Peace. My master sent me, saying, ‘Behold, even now two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give to them a kikkar of silver and two changes of clothes.’ ” 23 And Naaman said, “Be willing, take two kikkars.” And he urged him, and he bound two silver kikkars in two bags and two changes of clothes. And he gave them to two of his servants, and they carried them to his face. 24 And he came to the hill, and he took them from their hand, and he deposited them in the house. And he sent the men away, and they went. 25 And he, he came, and he stood beside his master. And Elisha said to him, “From where, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go here or here.” 26 And he said to him, “Did my heart not go when the man turned from upon his chariot to meet you? Is this a time to take silver or to take clothing or olives trees or vineyards or sheep or cattle or male servants or female servants? 27 Now the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed to forever.” And he went out from to his face, afflicted with leprosy like snow.

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ULT 2 KI Chapter 5

ULT 2 KI Chapter 5