1Now 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 . 2And 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 . 3And 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 . 4And one went in , and told his lord , saying , Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel . 5And 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 . 6And 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 . 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 ? wherefore consider , I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. 8And 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 . 9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot , and stood at the door of the house of Elisha . 10And 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 . 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 the LORD his God , and strike his hand over the place , and recover the leper . 12Are 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 . 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 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 blessing of thy servant . 16But he said , As the LORD liveth , before whom I stand , I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused . 17And 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 . 18In 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 . 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 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. 21So 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 ? 22And 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 . 23And 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. 24And 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 . 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 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 ? 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 .