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Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a greatman with his master, and highly respected*, because by him the LORD had givenvictory to Aram. The man was also a valiantwarrior, but he was a leper.
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Then the king of Aramsaid, "Gonow, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed and took with him tentalents of silver and sixthousand shekels of gold and tenchanges of clothes.
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He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "And now as thislettercomes to you, behold, I have sentNaaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy."
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When the king of Israelread the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to makealive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But considernow, and seehow he is seeking a quarrel against me."
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It happened when Elisha the man of Godheard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Now let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel."
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But Naaman was furious and went away and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surelycome out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his handover the place and cure the leper.'
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"Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, betterthanall the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
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Then his servantscamenear and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophettold you to do some greatthing, would you not have done it? Howmuch*more* then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean '?"
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So he wentdown and dipped himself seventimes in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a littlechild and he was clean.