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Now Naaman[H5283], captain[H8269] of the host[H6635] of the king[H4428] of Syria[H758], was a great[H1419]man[H376]with[H6440] his master[H113], and honourable[H5375], because by him the LORD[H3068] had given[H5414]deliverance[H8668] unto Syria[H758]: he was also a mighty[H1368]man[H376] in valour[H2428], but he was a leper[H6879].
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And the Syrians[H758] had gone out[H3318] by companies[H1416], and had brought away captive[H7617]out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Israel[H3478] a little[H6996]maid[H5291]; and she waited on[H6440] Naaman's wife[H802].
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And she said[H559] unto her mistress[H1404], Would[H305] God my lord[H113] were with[H6440] the prophet[H5030] that is in Samaria[H8111]! for[H227] he would[H305]recover[H622] him of his leprosy[H6883].
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And one went in[H935], and told[H5046] his lord[H113], saying[H559], Thus and thus said[H1696] the maid[H5291] that is of the land[H776] of Israel[H3478].
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And the king[H4428] of Syria[H758]said[H559], Go[H935]to[H3212], go[H935], and I will send[H7971] a letter[H5612] unto the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478]. And he departed[H3212], and took[H3947] with him[H3027]ten[H6235]talents[H3603] of silver[H3701], and six[H8337]thousand[H505] pieces of gold[H2091], and ten[H6235]changes[H2487] of raiment[H899].
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And he brought[H935] the letter[H5612] to the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478], saying[H559], Now when this letter[H5612] is come[H935] unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent[H7971]Naaman[H5283] my servant[H5650] to thee, that thou mayest recover[H622] him of his leprosy[H6883].
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And it came to pass, when the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] had read[H7121] the letter[H5612], that he rent[H7167] his clothes[H899], and said[H559], Am I God[H430], to kill[H4191] and to make alive[H2421], that this man[H2088] doth send[H7971] unto me to recover[H622] a man[H376] of his leprosy?[H6883]wherefore[H389]consider[H3045], I pray you, and see[H7200] how he seeketh a quarrel[H579] against me.
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And it was so, when Elisha[H477] the man[H376] of God[H430] had heard[H8085] that the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] had rent[H7167] his clothes[H899], that he sent[H7971] to the king[H4428], saying[H559], Wherefore hast thou rent[H7167] thy clothes?[H899] let him come[H935] now to me, and he shall know[H3045] that there is[H3426] a prophet[H5030] in Israel[H3478].
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So Naaman[H5283]came[H935] with his horses[H5483] and with his chariot[H7393], and stood[H5975] at the door[H6607] of the house[H1004] of Elisha[H477].
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And Elisha[H477]sent[H7971] a messenger[H4397] unto him, saying[H559], Go[H1980] and wash[H7364] in Jordan[H3383]seven[H7651]times[H6471], and thy flesh[H1320] shall come again[H7725] to thee, and thou shalt be clean[H2891].
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But Naaman[H5283] was wroth[H7107], and went away[H3212], and said[H559], Behold, I thought[H559], He will surely[H3318] come out[H3318] to me, and stand[H5975], and call[H7121] on the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], and strike[H5130] his hand[H3027] over the place[H4725], and recover[H622] the leper[H6879].
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Are not Abana[H71] and Pharpar[H6554], rivers[H5104] of Damascus[H1834], better[H2896] than all the waters[H4325] of Israel?[H3478] may I not wash[H7364] in them, and be clean?[H2891] So he turned[H6437] and went away[H3212] in a rage[H2534].
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And his servants[H5650] came near[H5066], and spake[H1696] unto him, and said[H559], My father[H1], if the prophet[H5030] had bid[H1696] thee do some great[H1419]thing[H1697], wouldest thou not have done[H6213] it? how much rather then[H637], when he saith[H559] to thee, Wash[H7364], and be clean?[H2891]
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Then went he down[H3381], and dipped[H2881] himself seven[H7651]times[H6471] in Jordan[H3383], according to the saying[H1697] of the man[H376] of God[H430]: and his flesh[H1320] came again[H7725] like unto the flesh[H1320] of a little[H6996]child[H5288], and he was clean[H2891].
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And he returned[H7725] to the man[H376] of God[H430], he and all his company[H4264], and came[H935], and stood[H5975]before[H6440] him: and he said[H559], Behold, now I know[H3045] that there is no God[H430] in all the earth[H776], but in Israel[H3478]: now therefore, I pray thee, take[H3947] a blessing[H1293] of thy servant[H5650].
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But he said[H559], As the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], I will receive[H3947] none. And he urged[H6484] him to take[H3947] it; but he refused[H3985].
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And Naaman[H5283]said[H559], Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given[H5414] to thy servant[H5650]two[H6776]mules[H6505]' burden[H4853] of earth?[H127] for thy servant[H5650] will henceforth offer[H6213] neither burnt offering[H5930] nor sacrifice[H2077] unto other[H312]gods[H430], but unto the LORD[H3068].
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In this thing[H1697] the LORD[H3068]pardon[H5545] thy servant[H5650], that when my master[H113]goeth[H935] into the house[H1004] of Rimmon[H7417] to worship[H7812] there, and he leaneth[H8172] on my hand[H3027], and I bow[H7812] myself in the house[H1004] of Rimmon[H7417]: when I bow[H7812]down[H7812] myself in the house[H1004] of Rimmon[H7417], the LORD[H3068]pardon[H5545] thy servant[H5650] in this thing[H1697].
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And he said[H559] unto him, Go[H3212] in peace[H7965]. So he departed[H3212] from him a little[H3530]way[H776].
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But Gehazi[H1522], the servant[H5288] of Elisha[H477] the man[H376] of God[H430], said[H559], Behold, my master[H113] hath spared[H2820]Naaman[H5283] this Syrian[H761], in not receiving[H3947] at his hands[H3027] that which he brought[H935]: but, as the LORD[H3068]liveth[H2416], I will run[H7323]after[H310] him, and take[H3947]somewhat[H3972] of him.
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So Gehazi[H1522]followed[H7291]after[H310]Naaman[H5283]. And when Naaman[H5283]saw[H7200] him running[H7323]after[H310] him, he lighted down[H5307] from the chariot[H4818] to meet[H7125] him, and said[H559], Is all well?[H7965]
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And he said[H559], All is well[H7965]. My master[H113] hath sent[H7971] me, saying[H559], Behold, even now there be come[H935] to me from mount[H2022]Ephraim[H669]two[H8147] young men[H5288] of the sons[H1121] of the prophets[H5030]: give[H5414] them, I pray thee, a talent[H3603] of silver[H3701], and two[H8147]changes[H2487] of garments[H899].
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And Naaman[H5283]said[H559], Be content[H2974], take[H3947]two[H8147]talents[H3603]. And he urged[H6555] him, and bound[H6696]two[H8147]talents[H3603] of silver[H3701] in two[H8147]bags[H2754], with two[H8147]changes[H2487] of garments[H899], and laid[H5414] them upon two[H8147] of his servants[H5288]; and they bare[H5375] them before[H6440] him.
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And when he came[H935] to the tower[H6076], he took[H3947] them from their hand[H3027], and bestowed[H6485] them in the house[H1004]: and he let the men[H582]go[H7971], and they departed[H3212].
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But he went[H1980]in[H935], and stood[H5975] before his master[H113]. And Elisha[H477]said[H559] unto him, Whence[H370] comest thou, Gehazi?[H1522] And he said[H559], Thy servant[H5650]went[H1980] no whither[H575].
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And he said[H559] unto him, Went[H1980] not mine heart[H3820] with thee, when the man[H376]turned[H2015] again from his chariot[H4818] to meet[H7125] thee? Is it a time[H6256] to receive[H3947]money[H3701], and to receive[H3947]garments[H899], and oliveyards[H2132], and vineyards[H3754], and sheep[H6629], and oxen[H1241], and menservants[H5650], and maidservants?[H8198]
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The leprosy[H6883] therefore of Naaman[H5283] shall cleave[H1692] unto thee, and unto thy seed[H2233] for ever[H5769]. And he went out[H3318] from his presence[H6440] a leper[H6879] as white as snow[H7950].