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.
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.
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.
4
And
[one]
went
in,
and
told
his
lord,
saying,
Thus
and
thus
said
the
maid
that
[is]
of
the
land
of
Israel.
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.
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.
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
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.
9
So
Naaman
came
with
his
horses
and
with
his
chariot,
and
stood
at
the
door
of
the
house
of
Elisha.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
19
And
he
said
unto
him,
Go
in
peace.
So
he
departed
from
him
a
little
way.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.