1Naaman, the leader of the military of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man with his lord. For through him the Lord gave salvation to Syria. And he was a strong and rich man, but a leper.stylusLuke 4:27, Luke 4:27, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:18, Proverbs 21:312Now robbers had gone out from Syria, and they had led away captive, from the land of Israel, a little girl. And she was in the service of the wife of Naaman.stylus2 Kings 6:23, 2 Kings 6:23, 2 Kings 13:20, 2 Kings 13:20, 1 Samuel 13:173And she said to her lady: “I wish that my lord had been with the prophet who is in Samaria. Certainly, he would have cured him of the leprosy that he has.”stylusLuke 17:12, Luke 17:14, Acts 26:29, Numbers 11:29, Luke 17:124And so, Naaman entered to his lord, and he reported to him, saying: “The girl from the land of Israel spoke in such a manner.”stylus1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 1:27, 1 Corinthians 1:26, 1 Corinthians 1:27, Mark 16:95And the king of Syria said to him, “Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” And when he had set out, he had taken with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand gold coins, and ten changes of fine clothing.stylusJudges 14:12, Judges 14:12, 2 Kings 8:8, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 8:86And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: “When you will receive this letter, know that I have sent to you my servant, Naaman, so that you may heal him of his leprosy.”stylus7And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he tore his garments, and he said: “Am I God, so that I could take or give life, or so that this man would send to me to cure a man from his leprosy? Take notice and see that he is seeking occasions against me.”stylus1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Kings 20:7, Genesis 30:2, 1 Kings 20:78And when Elisha, the man of God, had heard this, specifically, that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to him, saying: “Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.”stylus2 Kings 5:3, Romans 11:13, Hosea 12:13, 2 Kings 5:15, 1 Kings 18:369Therefore, Naaman arrived with his horses and chariots, and he stood at the door of the house of Elisha.stylusIsaiah 60:14, 2 Kings 6:32, Acts 16:37, Acts 16:39, Acts 16:2910And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will receive health, and you will be clean.”stylusJohn 9:7, John 9:7, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Leviticus 14:7, 1 Corinthians 6:1111And becoming angry, Naaman went away, saying: “I thought that he would have come out to me, and, standing, would have invoked the name of the Lord, his God, and that he would have touched the place of the leprosy with his hand, and so have healed me.stylusProverbs 13:10, 1 Corinthians 1:21, 1 Corinthians 1:25, Hebrews 12:25, 1 Corinthians 3:1812Are not the Abana and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, so that I might wash in them and be cleansed?” But then, after he had turned himself away and was leaving with indignation,stylusMark 1:9, Mark 1:9, Zechariah 13:1, Proverbs 14:17, Ezekiel 47:113his servants approached him, and they said to him: “If the prophet had told you, father, to do something great, certainly you ought to have done it. How much more so, now that he has said to you: ‘Wash, and you will be clean?’ ”stylus2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 13:14, Revelation 7:14, 2 Kings 2:1214So he descended and washed in the Jordan seven times, in accord with the word of the man of God. And his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child. And he was made clean.stylusJob 33:25, Job 33:25, Luke 4:27, Luke 4:27, Luke 5:1315And returning to the man of God, with his entire retinue, he arrived, and stood before him, and he said: “Truly, I know there is no other God, in all the earth, except in Israel. And so I beg you to accept a blessing from your servant.”stylusDaniel 2:47, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 6:26, Daniel 6:27, Daniel 6:2616But he responded, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And though he urged him strongly, he did not agree at all.stylus2 Kings 5:26, 2 Kings 3:14, 2 Kings 5:20, 2 Kings 5:26, 2 Kings 3:1417And Naaman said: “As you wish. But I beg you to grant to me, your servant, that I may take from here the burden of two mules from the ground. For your servant will no longer offer holocaust or victim to other gods, except to the Lord.stylusActs 26:18, Acts 26:18, 2 Kings 5:12, Exodus 20:24, Romans 14:118But there is still this matter, for which you will entreat the Lord on behalf of your servant: when my lord enters the temple of Rimmon, so that he may adore there, and he leans on my hand, if I will bow down in the temple of Rimmon, while he is adoring in the same place, that the Lord may ignore me, your servant, concerning this matter.”stylus2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 17:35, 2 Kings 7:1719And he said to him, “Go in peace.” Then he went away from him, in the elect time of the earth.stylus1 Samuel 1:17, 1 Samuel 1:17, Exodus 4:18, Mark 5:34, Exodus 4:1820And Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, said: “My lord has spared Naaman, this Syrian, by not receiving from him what he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him, and take something from him.”stylus2 Kings 4:12, 2 Kings 4:12, 2 Kings 4:31, 2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 6:3121And so, Gehazi followed after the back of Naaman. And when he had seen him running toward him, he leaped down from his chariot to meet him, and he said, “Is all well?”stylusActs 10:25, Acts 10:26, Acts 8:31, Luke 7:6, Luke 7:722And he said: “It is well. My lord has sent me to you, saying: ‘Just now two youths from the sons of the prophets have come to me from mount Ephraim. Give them a talent of silver, and two changes of clothing.’ ”stylus2 Kings 5:5, 2 Kings 5:5, Joshua 24:33, Exodus 38:24, Exodus 38:2823And Naaman said, “It is better that you accept two talents.” And he urged him, and he bound the two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing. And he set them upon two of his servants, who carried them before him.stylus2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 12:10, Isaiah 30:6, 1 Kings 20:724And when now he had arrived in the evening, he took them from their hands, and he stored them in the house. And he dismissed the men, and they went away.stylusJoshua 7:11, Joshua 7:12, Joshua 7:21, Joshua 7:1, 1 Kings 21:1625Then, having entered, he stood before his lord. And Elisha said, “Where are you coming from, Gehazi?” He responded, “Your servant did not go anywhere.”stylus2 Kings 5:22, 2 Kings 5:22, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:9, Ezekiel 33:3126But he said: “Was my heart not present, when the man turned back from his chariot to meet you? And now you have received money, and you have received garments, so that you might buy olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men and women servants.stylusColossians 2:5, Colossians 2:5, 1 Corinthians 5:3, 1 Corinthians 5:3, 2 Kings 6:1227So then, the leprosy of Naaman shall adhere to you, and to your offspring forever.” And he departed from him a leper, as white as snow.stylusExodus 4:6, Exodus 4:6, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 15:5, Numbers 12:10