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 Naamans 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 me.
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 #
A 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.