1And Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lords, and he lifted faces, for through him the LORD had granted salvation to Aram, and the man was a mighty man of valor, leprous.2And Aram went out with raiding bands, and they took captive from the land of Israel a little girl, and she was before the wife of Naaman.3And she said to her lady, "Alas, my lord, before the Prophet who is in Samaria, then he will gather him from his leprosy."4And he came and told his adonim, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the na'arah who is from the Earth of Israel."5And the king of Aram said to him, "Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." And he went and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand of gold and ten changes of garments.6And he sent the letter to the king of Israel, saying: "And now, when this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, and you gather him from his leprosy."7And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his garments and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive? For this one has sent to me to gather a man from his leprosy. For only know please and see that he is seeking occasion against me."8And when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his garments, he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your garments? Let him come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel."9Naaman came with his horses and chariot and stood at the entrance to Elisha's house.10Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will return to you, and you will be ritually pure."11And Naaman was angry and went away and said, "Look, I said to myself, 'He will surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God and wave his hand over the place and cure the leprosy.'"12Are not the Amana and Parpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be cleansed?" And he turned and went away in anger.13His servants approached him and said, "Father, if the great prophet told you to do it, wouldn't you do it? Even if he had said to you, 'Wash and be ritually pure'?"14He went down and immersed himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God. And his flesh returned like the flesh of a small boy, and he was ritually pure.15He returned to the man of God—he and his whole camp. He came and stood before him and said, "Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please, accept a blessing from your servant."16He said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, if I take it!" And he pressed him to take it, but he refused.17And Naaman said, "If you will not, please let your servant be given a load of soil on a pair of donkeys—for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, but only to the LORD."18In this matter may the LORD forgive your servant: when my lord comes to the house of Rimmon to prostrate there, and he leans on my hand, and I prostrate in the house of Rimmon; when I prostrate in the house of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.19He said to him, "Go in peace." And he went from him a distance of land.20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "My lord has held back from this Naaman the Aramean, refusing to take from his hand what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him."21Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, "Peace."22He said, "Peace, my lord. My lord sent me, saying, 'Just now two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from Mount Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.'"23Naaman said, "Please take two talents." He urged him and put two talents of silver in two bags, along with two changes of garments. He gave them to his two young men, and they carried them before him.24When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house. Then he sent the men away, and they went.25He came in and stood before his lord. Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" He said, "Your servant has not gone anywhere."26And he said to him, "Did not my heart go with you as the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take silver and garments and olives and vineyards and sheep and cattle and male servants and female servants?"27The leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and to your descendants forever." And he went out from before him, leprous like snow.