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Na'aman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
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Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little maid from the land of Israel, and she waited on Na'aman's wife.
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She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Sama'ria! He would cure him of his leprosy."
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So Na'aman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the maiden from the land of Israel."
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And the king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten festal garments.
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And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, "When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Na'aman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy."
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And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me."
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But when Eli'sha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you rent your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel."
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So Na'aman came with his horses and chariots, and halted at the door of Eli'sha's house.