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The Second Book of Kings 5

5 And Naaman the captain of the army of the king of Aram was a great man to the face of his lord and was lifted of face because through him Yahweh gave deliverance to Aram. But the man was mighty of military prowess, afflicted with a skin disease. 2 And troops went out from Aram, and they took captive from the land of Israel a young little girl. And she was to the face of the wife of Naaman. 3 And she said to her queen mother, “O that my lord was to the face of the prophet who is in Samaria. Then he would take him away from his skin disease.” 4 And he came, and he informed his lord, saying, “Like this and like this the young girl who is from the land of Israel has spoken.” 5 And the king of Aram said, “Go, come, and let me send a letter to the king of Israel.” And he went, and he took in his hand ten disks of silver and 6,000 gold and ten changes of clothes. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, “And now, when this letter comes to you, look—I have sent to you Naaman my servant and you will take him away from his skin disease.” 7 And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, and he tore his clothes, and he said, “Am I God, killing and making alive, that this one is sending to me to take a man away from his skin disease? For surely, please, know and see that he is seeking an opportunity against me.”

8 And it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel tore his clothes, and 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 And Naaman came on his horses and on his chariots. And he stood in the opening of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and let your skin return to you and be clean. 11 And Naaman was furious, and he went, and he said, “Look—I said to myself, ‘Surely 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 to the place, and he will take away the skin disease. 12 Are not Abanah and Pharpar the rivers of Damascus better than all the waters of Israel? Can I not bathe in them and I will be clean?” And he turned, and he went away in heat. 13 And his servants drew near, and they spoke to him, and they said, “My father, if the prophet spoke to you a great matter, would you not do it? And moreover when he has said to you, ‘Wash and be clean?’ ” 14 And he went down, and he dipped in the Jordan seven times, according to word of the man of God. And his skin returned, like the skin of a young little boy, and he was clean.

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

20 And Gehazi the young man of Elisha, the man of God, said, “Look—my lord spared Naaman this Aramean from taking from his hand that which he brought. By the life of Yahweh, if I will not run after him, and I will take something from him.” 21 And Gehazi pursued after Naaman. And Naaman saw a person running after him, and he got down from on the chariot to meet him. And he said, “Peace?” 22 And he said, “Peace. My lord sent me, saying, ‘Look, now this: two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please, give to them a disk of silver and two changes of clothing.’ ” 23 And Naaman said, “Be resolved—take two disks.” And he urged him, and he bound two silver disks in two bags and two changes of clothing. And he gave them to two of his young men, and they lifted 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, and they went. 25 And he himself came, and he stood beside his lord, and Elisha said to him, “From where, Gehazi?” And he said, “Your servant did not go here or there.” 26 And he said to him, “Did not my heart go just as a man turned from on 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 And the skin disease of Naaman will cling to you and to your seed to perpetuity.” And he went out from before his face, afflicted with a skin disease as the snow.

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