Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to Samaria to be cured of his leprosy.

1 ¶ Now Naaman,º captainº of the hostº of the kingº of Syria,º was² a greatº manº withº his master,º and honourable,ºª² because² by him the LORDº had givenºª deliveranceº unto Syria:º he was² also a mightyº manº in valour,º [but he was] a leper.ºª 2 And the Syriansº had gone outºª by companies,º and had brought away captiveºª out of the landº² of Israelº a littleº maid;º and she waited²² on¹ Naaman'sº wife.º 3 And she saidºª unto² her mistress,º Would¹ God² my lordº [were] withº the prophetº that² [is] in Samaria!º forº he would recoverºª him of his leprosy.º² 4 And [one] went in,ºª and toldºª his lord,º saying,ºª Thus² and thus² saidºª the maidº that² [is] of the landº² of Israel.º 5 And the kingº of Syriaº said,ºª Go to,¹ª² go,ºª and I will sendºª a letterº unto² the kingº of Israel.º And he departed,¹ª² and tookºª with² him¹ tenº talentsº of silver,º and sixº thousandº [pieces] of gold,º and tenº changesº of raiment.º 6 And he broughtºª the letterº to² the kingº of Israel,º saying,ºª Now² when this² letterº is comeºª unto² thee, behold,² I have [therewith] sentºª² Naamanº my servantº to² thee, that thou mayest recoverºª him of his leprosy.º² 7 And it came to pass,² when the kingº of Israelº had readºª² the letter,º that he rentºª his clothes,º and said,ºª [Am] I² God,º to killºª and to make alive,ºª that² this² man¹ doth sendºª unto² me to recoverºª a manº of his leprosy?º² whereforeº² consider,ºª I pray you,² and seeºª how² he² seeketh a quarrelºª against me.

Elisha, sending him to Jordan, cureth him.

8 ¶ And it was² [so], when Elishaº the manº of Godº had heardºª that² the kingº of Israelº had rentºª² his clothes,º that he sentºª to² the king,º saying,ºª Wherefore² hast thou rentºª thy clothes?º let him comeºª now² to² me, and he shall knowºª that² there isº a prophetº in Israel.º 9 So Naamanº cameºª with his horsesº and with his chariot,º and stoodºª at the doorº of the houseº of Elisha.º 10 And Elishaº sentºª a messengerº unto² him, saying,ºª Goºª and washºª in Jordanº sevenº times,º and thy fleshº shall come againºª to thee, and thou shalt be clean.ºª 11 But Naamanº was wroth,ºª and went away,¹ª² and said,ºª Behold,² I thought,ºª He will surely¹ª come outºª to² me, and stand,ºª and callºª on the nameº of the LORDº his God,º and strikeºª his handº over² the place,º and recoverºª the leper.ºª 12 [Are] not² Abanaºª¹ and Pharpar,º riversº of Damascus,º betterº than all²² the watersº of Israel?º may I not² washºª in them, and be clean?ºª So he turnedºª and went away¹ª² in a rage.º 13 And his servantsº came near,ºª and spakeºª unto² him, and said,ºª My father,º [if] the prophetº had bidºª² thee [do some] greatº thing,º wouldest thou not² have doneºª [it]? how much rather² then,¹ when² he saithºª to² thee, Wash,ºª and be clean?ºª 14 Then went he down,ºª and dippedºª himself sevenº timesº in Jordan,º according to the sayingº of the manº of God:º and his fleshº came againºª like unto the fleshº of a littleº child,º and he was clean.ºª

He refusing Naaman's gifts granted him some of the earth.

15 ¶ And he returnedºª to² the manº of God,º he² and all² his company,º and came,ºª and stoodºª beforeº him: and he said,ºª Behold,² now² I knowºª that² [there is] no² Godº in all² the earth,º but²² in Israel:º now² therefore, I pray thee,² takeºª a blessingº of²² thy servant.º 16 But he said,ºª [As] the LORDº liveth,º beforeº whom² I stand,ºª I will receiveºª none. And he urgedºª him to takeºª [it]; but he refused.ºª 17 And Naamanº said,ºª Shall there not² then, I pray thee,² be givenºª to thy servantº two¹ mules'º² burdenº of earth?º for² thy servantº will henceforth² offerºª neither² burnt offeringº nor sacrificeº unto otherº gods,º but²² unto the LORD.º 18 In this² thingº the LORDº pardonºª thy servant,º [that] when my masterº goethºª into the houseº of Rimmonº to worshipºª there,² and he² leanethºª on² my hand,º and I bow¹ª myself² in the houseº of Rimmon:º when I bow down¹ª myself² in the houseº of Rimmon,º the LORDº pardonºª thy servantº in this² thing.º 19 And he saidºª unto him, Go¹ª² in peace.º So he departed¹ª² from²² him a little¹ way.º²

Gehazi, abusing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten with leprosy.

20 ¶ But Gehazi,º the servantº of Elishaº the manº of God,º said,ºª Behold,² my masterº hath sparedºª² Naamanº this² Syrian,º in not receivingºª² at his handsº²² that which² he brought:ºª but,²² [as] the LORDº liveth,º I will runºª afterº him, and takeºª somewhatº of²² him. 21 So Gehaziº followedºª afterº Naaman.º And when Naamanº sawºª [him] runningºª afterº him, he lighted downºª from²² the chariotº to meet¹ª² him, and said,ºª [Is] all well?º 22 And he said,ºª All [is] well.º My masterº hath sentºª me, saying,ºª Behold,² even now²² there be comeºª to² me from mountº² Ephraimº twoº young menº of the sonsº² of the prophets:º giveºª them, I pray thee,² a talentº of silver,º and twoº changesº of garments.º 23 And Naamanº said,ºª Be content,ºª takeºª two talents.º And he urgedºª him, and boundºª two¹ talentsº of silverº in twoº bags,º with twoº changesº of garments,º and laidºª [them] upon² twoº of his servants;º and they bareºª [them] beforeº him. 24 And when he cameºª to² the tower,º he tookºª [them] from their hand,º² and bestowedºª [them] in the house:º and he let² the men¹² go,ºª and they departed.¹ª² 25 But he² went in,ºª and stoodºª before² his master.º And Elishaº saidºª unto² him, Whenceº² [comest thou], Gehazi?º And he said,ºª Thy servantº wentºª no² whither.º 26 And he saidºª unto² him, Wentºª not² mine heartº [with thee], when² the manº turned¹ª again² from²² his chariotº to meet¹ª² thee? [Is it] a timeº to receiveºª² money,º and to receiveºª garments,º and oliveyards,º and vineyards,º and sheep,º and oxen,º and menservants,º and maidservants?º 27 The leprosyº therefore of Naamanº shall cleaveºª unto thee, and unto thy seedº for ever.º And he went outºª from his presenceº² a leperºª [as white] as snow.º