1 Naaman|strong="H5283" was|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" captain|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Aram|strong="H0758". He|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" very|strong="H1419" important|strong="H1419" to|strong="H1961" his|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H6440" LORD|strong="H3068" used|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" lead Aram|strong="H0758" to|strong="H1961" victory|strong="H8668". Naaman|strong="H5283" was|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" great|strong="H1419" and|strong="H3068" powerful|strong="H1368" man|strong="H0376", but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" was|strong="H1961" also|strong="H3068" sick with|strong="H3068" leprosy.
2 The|strong="H6440" Aramean|strong="H0758" army|strong="H0776" sent|strong="H3318" many groups of|strong="H0776" soldiers to|strong="H1961" fight in|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". One|strong="H0802" time|strong="H1961" they|strong="H3318" took|strong="H3318" a|strong="H1961" little|strong="H6996" girl|strong="H5291" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H6440" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Israel|strong="H3478". This girl|strong="H5291" became|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" servant of|strong="H0776" Naaman’s|strong="H5283" wife|strong="H0802".
3 She|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0834" wife, “I|strong="H0834" wish|strong="H0305" that|strong="H0834" my|strong="H0834" master|strong="H0113" would|strong="H0559" meet|strong="H6440" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" who|strong="H0834" lives in|strong="H0413" Samaria|strong="H8111". He|strong="H0834" could heal Naaman of|strong="H6440" his|strong="H0834" leprosy|strong="H6883".”
4 Naaman|strong="H0935" went|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" king and|strong="H0935" told|strong="H5046" him|strong="H5046" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" Israelite|strong="H3478" girl|strong="H5291" said|strong="H0559".
5 Then|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Aram|strong="H0758" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H0935" now|strong="H0935", and|strong="H0935" I|strong="H0559" will|strong="H4428" send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H3947" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478".”
6 Naaman|strong="H5283" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Aram to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478". The|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612" said|strong="H0559": “Now|strong="H6258" this|strong="H2088" letter|strong="H5612" is|strong="H2088" to|strong="H0413" show that|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2009" am sending|strong="H7971" my|strong="H7971" servant|strong="H5650" Naaman|strong="H5283" to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H7971". Cure|strong="H0622" his|strong="H7971" leprosy|strong="H6883".”
7 When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" read|strong="H7121" the|strong="H0853" letter|strong="H5612", he|strong="H1931" tore|strong="H7167" his|strong="H1961" clothes|strong="H0899" to|strong="H0413" show|strong="H7200" he|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1961" sad and|strong="H3478" upset. He|strong="H1931" said|strong="H0559", “Am|strong="H0589" I|strong="H0589" God|strong="H0430"? I|strong="H0589" don’t have|strong="H1961" the|strong="H0853" power|strong="H3478" over|strong="H0413" life|strong="H4191" and|strong="H3478" death|strong="H4191". So|strong="H7971" why|strong="H3588" did|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Aram send|strong="H7971" a|strong="H1961" man|strong="H0376" sick with|strong="H0413" leprosy|strong="H6883" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" heal? Think|strong="H7200" about|strong="H1961" it|strong="H1931", and|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" see|strong="H7200" that|strong="H3588" it|strong="H1931" is|strong="H2088" a|strong="H1961" trick. The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Aram is|strong="H2088" trying to|strong="H0413" start a|strong="H1961" fight.”
8 Elisha|strong="H0477", the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H0430", heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H1961" torn|strong="H7167" his|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899". So|strong="H7971" Elisha|strong="H0477" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H3588" message to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428": “Why|strong="H4100" did|strong="H4100" you|strong="H3588" tear|strong="H7167" your|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899"? Let|strong="H7971" Naaman|strong="H0935" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413". Then|strong="H1961" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H0430" know|strong="H3045" there|strong="H3426" is|strong="H4100" a|strong="H1961" prophet|strong="H5030" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478".”
9 So|strong="H0935" Naaman|strong="H5283" came|strong="H0935" with|strong="H1004" his|strong="H0935" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H0935" chariots|strong="H7393" to|strong="H0935" Elisha’s|strong="H0477" house|strong="H1004" and|strong="H0935" stood|strong="H5975" outside the|strong="H0935" door|strong="H6607".
10 Elisha|strong="H0477" sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H7971" messenger|strong="H4397" to|strong="H0413" Naaman who|strong="H4397" said|strong="H0559", “Go|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H1980" the|strong="H0559" Jordan|strong="H3383" River seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471". Then|strong="H1980" your|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H1320" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H7725" healed, and|strong="H1980" you|strong="H7971" will|strong="H1320" be|strong="H7725" pure|strong="H2891" and|strong="H1980" clean|strong="H2891".”
11 Naaman|strong="H5283" became|strong="H7107" angry|strong="H7107" and|strong="H3068" left|strong="H3318". He|strong="H0430" said|strong="H0559", “I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" Elisha|strong="H0559" would|strong="H3068" at|strong="H0413" least come|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" and|strong="H3068" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H0413" front of|strong="H0430" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H3068" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H0430" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" his|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430". I|strong="H2009" thought|strong="H0559" he|strong="H0430" would|strong="H3068" wave|strong="H5130" his|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027" over|strong="H0413" my|strong="H3068" body and|strong="H3068" heal the|strong="H0559" leprosy.
12 Abana and|strong="H3478" Pharpar|strong="H6554", the|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" of|strong="H4325" Damascus|strong="H1834", are|strong="H3478" better|strong="H2896" than|strong="H3808" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" water|strong="H4325" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". Why|strong="H3808" can’t|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" wash|strong="H7364" in|strong="H3478" those|strong="H3605" rivers|strong="H5104" in|strong="H3478" Damascus|strong="H1834" and|strong="H3478" become|strong="H2891" clean|strong="H2891"?” He|strong="H3808" was|strong="H3478" very angry|strong="H2534" and|strong="H3478" turned|strong="H6437" to|strong="H3478" leave.
13 But|strong="H3588" Naaman’s servants|strong="H5650" went|strong="H5066" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413" and|strong="H1419" talked|strong="H1696" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413". They|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", “Father|strong="H0001", if|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030" told|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" some|strong="H1697" great|strong="H1419" thing|strong="H1697", you|strong="H3588" would|strong="H0559" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H3588", isn’t|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" right? But|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H0559", ‘Wash|strong="H7364", and|strong="H1419" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5650" be|strong="H3808" pure|strong="H2891" and|strong="H1419" clean|strong="H2891".’”
14 So|strong="H7725" Naaman did|strong="H0376" what|strong="H1697" the|strong="H7725" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430" said|strong="H1697". He|strong="H0430" went|strong="H3381" down|strong="H3381" and|strong="H0430" dipped|strong="H2881" himself|strong="H0376" in|strong="H0430" the|strong="H7725" Jordan|strong="H3383" River seven|strong="H7651" times|strong="H6471", and|strong="H0430" he|strong="H0430" became|strong="H7725" pure|strong="H2891" and|strong="H0430" clean|strong="H2891". His|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H0376" became|strong="H7725" soft like|strong="H3381" the|strong="H7725" skin|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H7725" baby.
15 Naaman|strong="H0935" and|strong="H0935" his|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" group came|strong="H0935" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0776" God|strong="H0430". He|strong="H1931" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H6440" Elisha|strong="H0559" and|strong="H0935" said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", I|strong="H3588" now|strong="H6258" know|strong="H3045" there|strong="H0369" is|strong="H0369" no|strong="H0369" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H0776" except|strong="H0518" in|strong="H0935" Israel|strong="H3478". Now|strong="H6258" please|strong="H4994" accept|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" gift|strong="H1293" from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H0413".”
16 But|strong="H0518" Elisha|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559", “The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0559" one|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0834" serve|strong="H6440", and|strong="H3068" as|strong="H0834" surely|strong="H0518" as|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H0518" accept|strong="H3947" any|strong="H6440" gift|strong="H3068".”
17 Then|strong="H5414" Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" accept this|strong="H3588" gift|strong="H5414", at|strong="H3068" least do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H5414". Let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5650" enough|strong="H6213" dirt|strong="H0127" from|strong="H3068" Israel to|strong="H0559" fill the|strong="H0559" baskets on|strong="H3068" two|strong="H6776" of|strong="H0430" my|strong="H5414" mules|strong="H6505". I|strong="H3588" ask|strong="H0559" this|strong="H3588" because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H5750" offer|strong="H5414" any|strong="H5750" burnt|strong="H5930" offering|strong="H3068" or|strong="H0518" sacrifice|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0559" any|strong="H5750" other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H5414" sacrifices|strong="H2077" only|strong="H0518" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068"!
18 And|strong="H0935" I|strong="H1697" pray|strong="H4994" that|strong="H1931" the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2088": When|strong="H0935" my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" goes|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Rimmon|strong="H7417" to|strong="H0935" worship|strong="H7812" that|strong="H1931" false god|strong="H3068", he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" want to|strong="H0935" lean|strong="H8172" on|strong="H5921" me|strong="H4994" for|strong="H5921" support|strong="H3027". So|strong="H0935" I|strong="H1697" must bow|strong="H7812" down|strong="H7812" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Rimmon|strong="H7417". I|strong="H1697" ask the|strong="H5921" LORD|strong="H3068" now|strong="H4994" to|strong="H0935" forgive|strong="H5545" me|strong="H4994" when|strong="H0935" that|strong="H1931" happens.”
19 Then|strong="H0853" Elisha|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" Naaman, “Go in|strong="H0776" peace|strong="H7965".”
20 But|strong="H3588" Gehazi|strong="H1522", the|strong="H0853" servant|strong="H5288" of|strong="H0376" Elisha|strong="H0477" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" God|strong="H0430", said|strong="H0559", “Look|strong="H2009", my|strong="H3068" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H3068" let Naaman|strong="H5283" the|strong="H0853" Aramean|strong="H0761" go|strong="H0935" without accepting the|strong="H0853" gift|strong="H3068" that|strong="H0834" he|strong="H0834" brought|strong="H0935". As|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" lives|strong="H2416", I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" run|strong="H7323" after|strong="H0310" Naaman|strong="H5283" and|strong="H0935" get|strong="H3947" something|strong="H3972" from|strong="H0935" him|strong="H0853".”
21 So|strong="H7200" Gehazi|strong="H1522" ran|strong="H7323" to|strong="H0559" Naaman|strong="H5283".
22 Gehazi|strong="H4994" said|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H2009", everything is|strong="H2088" all|strong="H2009" right|strong="H2009". My|strong="H5414" master|strong="H0113" has|strong="H0669" sent|strong="H7971" me|strong="H0413". He|strong="H5414" said|strong="H0559", ‘Look|strong="H2009", two|strong="H8147" young|strong="H5288" men|strong="H5288" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" group of|strong="H1121" prophets|strong="H5030" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0559" hill|strong="H2022" country|strong="H2022" of|strong="H1121" Ephraim|strong="H0669". Please|strong="H4994" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H0413" 75 pounds of|strong="H1121" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H8147" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H1121" clothes|strong="H0899".’”
23 Naaman|strong="H5283" said|strong="H0559", “Please|strong="H2974", take|strong="H3947" 150 pounds.” He|strong="H5414" persuaded Gehazi to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" the|strong="H0559" silver|strong="H3701". Naaman|strong="H5283" put|strong="H5414" 150 pounds of|strong="H3603" silver|strong="H3701" in|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" bags|strong="H2754" and|strong="H3701" took|strong="H3947" two|strong="H8147" changes|strong="H2487" of|strong="H3603" clothes|strong="H0899". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H3947" things|strong="H8147" to|strong="H0413" two|strong="H8147" of|strong="H3603" his|strong="H5414" servants|strong="H5288". The|strong="H0559" servants|strong="H5288" carried|strong="H5375" these|strong="H3947" things|strong="H8147" for|strong="H0413" Gehazi.
24 When|strong="H0935" Gehazi came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" hill|strong="H6076", he|strong="H0853" took|strong="H3947" these|strong="H3947" things from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H0376". He|strong="H0853" sent|strong="H7971" the|strong="H0853" servants|strong="H0376" away|strong="H7971", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H0376" left|strong="H0935". Then|strong="H3947" he|strong="H0853" hid those|strong="H0376" things in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004".
25 Gehazi|strong="H1522" came|strong="H0935" in|strong="H1980" and|strong="H1980" stood|strong="H5975" before|strong="H0413" his|strong="H0935" master|strong="H0113". Elisha|strong="H0477" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Gehazi|strong="H1522", “Where|strong="H0575" have|strong="H5650" you|strong="H0935" been|strong="H3808" Gehazi|strong="H1522"?”
26 Elisha|strong="H0559" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" him|strong="H0413", “That|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" true! My|strong="H5921" heart|strong="H3820" was|strong="H0834" with|strong="H1980" you|strong="H0834" when|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" man|strong="H0376" turned|strong="H2015" from|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" chariot|strong="H4818" to|strong="H0413" meet|strong="H7125" you|strong="H0834". This|strong="H0834" is|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H0853" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H0413" take|strong="H3947" money|strong="H3701", clothes|strong="H0899", olives|strong="H2132", grapes, sheep|strong="H6629", cattle|strong="H1241", or|strong="H3808" men|strong="H0376" and|strong="H1980" women|strong="H8198" servants|strong="H5650".
27 Now you|strong="H6440" and|strong="H6440" your|strong="H6440" children|strong="H2233" will|strong="H2233" catch Naaman’s|strong="H5283" disease|strong="H6883". You|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" have leprosy|strong="H6883" forever|strong="H5769"!”