Dual Panel1Now Naaman <05283>, the commander <08269> of the king <04428> of Syria’s <0758> army <06635>, was <01961> esteemed <06440> <01419> <0376> and respected <06440> <05375> by his master <0113>, for <03588> through him the Lord <03068> had given <05414> Syria <0758> military victories <08668>. But this great <02428> warrior <01368> had a skin disease <06879>.
2Raiding parties <01416> went out <03318> from Syria <0758> and took captive <07617> from the land <0776> of Israel <03478> a young <06996> girl <05291>, who became a servant <06440> <01961> to Naaman’s <05283> wife <0802>.
3She told <0559> her mistress <01404>, “If only <0305> my master <0113> were in the presence <06440> of the prophet <05030> who <0834> is in Samaria <08111>! Then <0227> he would cure <0622> him of his skin disease <06883>.”
4Naaman went <0935> and told <05046> his master <0113> what <0834> the girl <05291> from the land <0776> of Israel <03478> had said <01696>.
5The king <04428> of Syria <0758> said <0559>, “Go <0935> <01980>! I will send <07971> a letter <05612> to <0413> the king <04428> of Israel <03478>.” So Naaman went <01980>, taking <03947> with him ten <06235> talents <03603> of silver <03701>, six <08337> thousand <0505> shekels of gold <02091>, and ten <06235> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>.
6He brought <0935> the letter <05612> to <0413> king <04428> of Israel <03478>. It read <0559>: “This <02088> is a letter <05612> of introduction <0935> for <0413> my servant <05650> Naaman <05283>, whom I have sent <07971> to <0413> be cured <0622> of his skin disease <06883>.”
7When <01961> the king <04428> of Israel <03478> read <07121> the letter <05612>, he tore <07167> his clothes <0899> and said <0559>, “Am I God <0430>? Can I <0589> kill <04191> or restore life <02421>? Why does he ask <07971> me to <0413> cure <0622> a man <0376> of his skin disease <06883>? Certainly <03588> you must <0389> see <03045> that <03588> he <01931> is looking for <07200> an excuse to fight <0579> me!”
8When <01961> Elisha <0477> the prophet <0430> <0376> heard <08085> that <03588> the king <04428> had torn <07167> his clothes <0899>, he sent <07971> this message to <0413> the king <04428>, “Why <04100> did you tear <07167> your clothes <0899>? Send <0935> him to <0413> me so <03588> he may know <03045> there is <03426> a prophet <05030> in Israel <03478>.”
9So Naaman <05283> came <0935> with his horses <05483> and chariots <07393> and stood <05975> in the doorway <06607> of Elisha’s <0477> house <01004>.
10Elisha <0477> sent <07971> out a messenger <04397> who told <0559> him, “Go <01980> and wash <07364> seven <07651> times <06471> in the Jordan <03383>; your skin <01320> will be restored <07725> and you will be healed <02891>.”
11Naaman <05283> went away <01980> angry <07107>. He said <0559>, “Look <02009>, I thought <0559> for sure he would come <03318> out <03318>, stand <05975> there, invoke <07121> the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> his God <0430>, wave <05130> his hand <03027> over <0413> the area <04725>, and cure <0622> the skin disease <06879>.
12The rivers <05104> of Damascus <01834>, the Abana <071> and Pharpar <06554>, are better <02896> than <03808> any <03605> of the waters <04325> of Israel <03478>! Could I not <03808> wash <07364> in them and be healed <02891>?” So he turned around <06437> and went away <01980> angry <02534>.
13His servants <05650> approached <05066> and said <01696> to <0413> him, “O master <01>, if the prophet <05030> had told <01696> you to <0413> do some difficult task <01419> <01697>, you would have been willing to do <06213> it. It seems you should be happy that <03588> he simply said <0559>, “Wash <07364> and you will be healed <02891>.”
14So he went down <03381> and dipped <02881> in the Jordan <03383> seven <07651> times <06471>, as the prophet <0430> <0376> had instructed <01697>. His skin <01320> became <07725> as smooth <01320> as a young <06996> child’s <05288> and he was healed <02891>.
15He <01931> and his entire <03605> entourage <04264> returned <07725> to <0413> the prophet <0430> <0376>. Naaman came <0935> and stood <05975> before <06440> him. He said <0559>, “For sure <02009> I know <03045> that <03588> there is no <0369> God <0430> in all <03605> the earth <0776> except <0518> in Israel <03478>! Now <06258>, please <04994> accept <03947> a gift <01293> from your servant <05650>.”
16But Elisha replied <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> lives <02416> (whom <0834> I serve <05975>), I will take <03947> nothing <0518> from you.” Naaman insisted <06484> that he take <03947> it, but he refused <03985>.
17Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “If not <03808>, then please <04994> give <05414> your servant <05650> a load <04853> of dirt <0127>, enough for a pair <06776> of mules <06505> to carry, for <03588> your servant <05650> will never <03808> again <05750> offer <06213> a burnt offering <05930> or sacrifice <02077> to a god <0430> other <0312> than the Lord <03068>.
18May the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088> one thing <01697>: When my master <0113> enters <0935> the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417> to worship <07812>, and he <01931> leans <08172> on <05921> my arm <03027> and I bow down <07812> in the temple <01004> of Rimmon <07417>, may <04994> the Lord <03068> forgive <05545> your servant <05650> for this <02088>.”
19Elisha said <0559> to him, “Go <01980> in peace <07965>.” When he had gone <01980> a short distance <03530>,
20Gehazi <01522>, the prophet <0430> <0376> Elisha’s <0477> servant <05288>, thought <0559>, “Look <02009>, my master <0113> did not accept <03947> what this <02088> Syrian <0761> Naaman <05283> offered <0935> him. As certainly as <0834> the Lord <03068> lives <02416>, I will run <07323> after <0310> him and accept <03947> something <03972> from him.”
21So Gehazi <01522> ran <07291> after <0310> Naaman <05283>. When Naaman <05283> saw <07200> someone running <07323> after <0310> him, he got down <05307> from <05921> his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> him and asked <0559>, “Is everything all right <07965>?”
22He answered <0559>, “Everything is fine <07965>. My master <0113> sent <07971> me with this <02088> message, ‘Look <02009>, two <08147> servants <05288> of the prophets <05030> just <06258> arrived <0935> from <0413> the Ephraimite <0669> hill country <02022>. Please <04994> give <05414> them a talent <03603> of silver <03701> and two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>.’”
23Naaman <05283> said <0559>, “Please <02974> accept <03947> two talents <03603> of silver. He insisted <06555>, and tied up <06887> two talents <03603> of silver <03701> in two <08147> bags <02754>, along with two <08147> suits <02487> of clothes <0899>. He gave <05414> them to <0413> two <08147> of his servants <05288> and they carried <05375> them for Gehazi <06440>.
24When he arrived <0935> at <0413> the hill <06076>, he took <03947> them from the servants and put <06485> them in <06485> the house <01004>. Then he sent <07971> the men <0582> on their way <01980>.
25When he <01931> came <0935> and stood <05975> before <0413> his master <0113>, Elisha <0477> asked <0559> him, “Where <0575> have you been, Gehazi <01522>?” He answered <0559>, “Your servant <05650> hasn’t <0575> <0575> <03808> been <01980> anywhere <0575> <0575>.”
26Elisha replied <0559>, “I was there in spirit when <0834> a man <0376> turned <02015> and got down <01980> from <05921> his chariot <04818> to meet <07125> you. This is not <03808> the proper time <06256> to accept <03947> silver <03701> or to accept <03947> clothes <0899>, olive groves <02132>, vineyards <03754>, sheep <06629>, cattle <01241>, and male <05650> and female <08198> servants <08198> <05650>.
27Therefore Naaman’s <05283> skin disease <06883> will afflict <01692> you and your descendants <02233> forever <05769>!” When Gehazi went out <03318> from his presence <06440>, his skin <06879> was as white as snow <07950>.