1Now Naaman , captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master , and honorable , because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor , but he was a leper . 2And the Syrians had gone out in bands , and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maiden ; and she waited on Naaman ’s wife. 3And she said unto her mistress , Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria ! then would he recover him of his leprosy . 4And one went in , and told his lord, saying , Thus and thus said the maiden that is of the land of Israel . 5And the king of Syria said, Go now , 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. 6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel , saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee , behold , I have sent Naaman my servant to thee , that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy . 7And 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 ? but consider , I pray you , and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me . 8And it was so , when Elisha the man of God 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 . 9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots , and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him , saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times , and thy flesh shall come again to thee , and thou shalt be clean . 11But 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 Jehovah his God , and wave his hand over the place , and recover the leper . 12Are not Abanah and Pharpar , the 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 . 13And 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 ? 14Then went he down , and dipped himself seven times in the 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 .
Elisha's Instructions and Naaman's Healing
15And 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 present of thy servant . 16But he said, As Jehovah liveth , before whom I stand , I will receive none. And he urged him to take it ; but he refused . 17And Naaman said, If not , yet , I pray thee , let there 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 Jehovah . 18In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant : 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 myself in the house of Rimmon , Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing . 19And he said unto him, Go in peace . So he departed from him a little way . 20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God , said, Behold , my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : as Jehovah liveth , I will run after him , and take somewhat of him . 21So Gehazi followed after Naaman . And when Naaman saw one running after him , he alighted from the chariot to meet him , and said, Is all well ? 22And he said, All is well . My master hath sent me , saying, Behold , even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets ; give them , I pray thee , a talent of silver , and two changes of raiment. 23And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents . And he urged him , and bound two talents of silver in two bags , with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants ; and they bare them before him . 24And when he came to the hill , he took them from their hand , and bestowed them in the house ; and he let the men go , and they departed . 25But 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. 26And he said unto him , Went not my heart with thee , when the man turned 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 men-servants and maid-servants? 27The 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 .