2 Kings 5

2 Kings Chapter 5 KJV

1Naaman, captain of the Syrian host, upon the report of a captive maid, cometh to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy. 8Elisha sendeth him to dip in Jordan, whereby he is healed. 15Naaman acknowledgeth the true God; cannot prevail on Elisha to accept his presents; asketh for earth; and is sent away in peace. 20Gehazi, Elisha's servant, by a lie obtaineth a present from Naaman, and is smitten with leprosy.
1 Now 1Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a 2great man awith his master, and bhonourable, because by him the Lord had given cdeliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a 3leper.
2 And the Syrians had gone out 1by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she awaited on Naaman's wife.
3 And 1she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were awith 2the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would brecover him of his leprosy.
4 And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the 1maid 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, 1and took awith him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and 2ten changes of raiment.
6 And he brought the letter to 1the 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 1he rent his clothes, and said, 2Am 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 3see 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 1rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall 2know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and 1stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
10 And Elisha 1sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and 2wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
11 But Naaman was 1wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, aI thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and bstrike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
12 are not aAbana and Pharpar, rivers of 1Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and 2went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, 1My 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 1went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and 2his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 ¶ And he 1returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, 2now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take 3a blessing of thy servant.
16 But he said, 1As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I 2will 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 1will 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 1Rimmon to worship there, and 2he 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, 1Go in peace. So he departed from him aa little way.
20 ¶ But 1Gehazi, 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, 2I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he 1lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, aIs all well?
22 And he said, All is well. 1My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from 2mount Ephraim two young men of 3the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, 1Be 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 atower, 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 ano whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went 1not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it 2a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The 1leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper 2as white as snow.
2 Kings 5