2 Kings 5:1-19:
"The
king of Aram had great admiration for Naaman, the commander of his
army, because through him the LORD had given Aram great victories. But
though Naaman was a mighty warrior, he suffered from leprosy.
At
this time Aramean raiders had invaded the land of Israel, and among
their captives was a young girl who had been given to Naaman's wife as a
maid. One day the girl said to her mistress, "I wish my master would
go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leoprosy."
So
Naaman told the king what the young girl from Israel had said. "Go and
visit the prophet," the king of Aram told him. "I will send a letter
of introduction for you to take to the king of Israel." So Naaman
started out, carrying as gifts 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold,
and ten sets of clothing. The letter to the king of Israel said: "With
this letter I present my servant Naaman. I want you to heal him of his
leprosy."
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his
clothes in dismay and said, "This man sends me a leper to heal! Am I
God, that I can give life and take it away? I can see that he's just
trying to pick a fight with me."
But when Elisha, the man of God,
heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes in dismay, he sent
this message to him: "Why are you so upset? Send Naaman to me, and he
will learn that there is a true prophet here in Israel."
So Naaman
went with his horses and chariots and waited at the door of Elisha's
house. But Elisha sent a messenger out to him with this message. "Go
and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan River. Then your skin will
be restored, and you will be healed of your leprosy."
But Naaman
became angry and stalked away. "I thought he would certainly come out
to meet me!" he said. "I expected him to wave his hand over the leprosy
and call on the name of the LORD his God and heal me! Aren't the rivers
of Damascus, the Abana and the Pharpar, better than any of the rivers
of Israel? Why shouldn't I wash in them and be healed?" So Naaman turned
and went away in a rage.
But his officers tried to reason with
him and said, "Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very
difficult, wouldn't you have done it? So you should certainly obey him
when he says simply, 'Go and wash and be cured!' " So Naaman went down
to the Jordan River and dipped himself seven times, as the man of God
had instructed him. And his skin became as healthy as the skin of a
young child, and he was healed!
Then Naaman and his entire party
went back to find the man of God. They stood before him, and Naaman
said, "Now I know there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So
please accept a gift from your servant.
But Elisha replied, "As
surely as the LORD lives, whom I serve, I will not accept any gifts."
And though Naaman urged him to take the gift, Elisha refused.
Then
Naaman, said, "All right, but please allow me to load two of my mules
with earth from this place, and I will take it back home with me. From
now on I will never again offer burnt offerings or sacrifices to any
other god except the LORD. However, may the LORD pardon me in this one
thing: When my master the king goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to
worship there and leans on my arm, may the LORD pardon me when I bow
too."
"Go in peace," Elisha said. So Naaman started home again."
Monday, 26 August 2019
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