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1. Naaman the captain of the army of the king of Syria was an important man to his king. He was much respected, because by him the Lord had made Syria win in battle. Naaman was a strong man of war, but he had a bad skin disease.
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1. Now Naaman H5283 , captain H8269 of the host H6635 of the king H4428 of Syria H758 , was H1961 a great H1419 man H376 with H6440 his master H113 , and honorable H5375 H6440 , because H3588 by him the LORD H3068 had given H5414 deliverance H8668 unto Syria H758 : he was H1961 also a mighty H1368 man H376 in valor H2428 , but he was a leper H6879 .
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2. Now the Syrians had gone out in groups of soldiers, and had taken a little girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman's wife.
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2. And the Syrians H758 had gone out H3318 by companies H1416 , and had brought away captive H7617 out of the land H4480 H776 of Israel H3478 a little H6996 maid H5291 ; and she waited H1961 H6440 on Naaman H5283 's wife H802 .
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3. And she said to her owner, "I wish that my owner's husband were with the man of God who is in Samaria! Then he would heal his bad skin disease."
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3. And she said H559 unto H413 her mistress H1404 , Would God H305 my lord H113 were with H6440 the prophet H5030 that H834 is in Samaria H8111 ! for H227 he would recover H622 him of his leprosy H4480 H6883 .
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4. So Naaman went in and told his king, "This is what the girl from the land of Israel said."
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4. And one went in H935 , and told H5046 his lord H113 , saying H559 , Thus H2063 and thus H2063 said H1696 the maid H5291 that H834 is of the land H4480 H776 of Israel H3478 .
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5. The king of Syria said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman went and took with him silver weighing as much as ten men, 6,000 pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothes.
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5. And the king H4428 of Syria H758 said H559 , Go to H1980 , go H935 , and I will send H7971 a letter H5612 unto H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 . And he departed H1980 , and took H3947 with H3027 him 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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6. He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, "I have sent my servant Naaman to you with this letter, that you may heal his bad skin disease."
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6. And he brought H935 the letter H5612 to H413 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 , saying H559 , Now H6258 when this H2088 letter H5612 is come H935 unto H413 thee, behold H2009 , I have therewith sent H7971 H853 Naaman H5283 my servant H5650 to H413 thee , that thou mayest recover H622 him of his leprosy H4480 H6883 .
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7. When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive? Is this why this man sends word to me to heal a man's bad skin disease? Think about it. He wants to start a fight with me."
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7. And it came to pass H1961 , when the king H4428 of Israel H3478 had read H7121 H853 the letter H5612 , that he rent H7167 his clothes H899 , and said H559 , Am I H589 God H430 , to kill H4191 and to make alive H2421 , that H3588 this H2088 man doth send H7971 unto H413 me to recover H622 a man H376 of his leprosy H4480 H6883 ? wherefore H3588 H389 consider H3045 , I pray you H4994 , and see H7200 how H3588 he H1931 seeketh a quarrel H579 against me.
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8. Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes. So he sent word to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come to me. Then he will know that there is a man of God in Israel."
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8. And it was H1961 so , when Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430 had heard H8085 that H3588 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 had rent H7167 H853 his clothes H899 , that he sent H7971 to H413 the king H4428 , saying H559 , Wherefore H4100 hast thou rent H7167 thy clothes H899 ? let him come H935 now H4994 to H413 me , and he shall know H3045 that H3588 there is H3426 a prophet H5030 in Israel H3478 .
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9. So Naaman came with his horses and his war-wagons, and stood at the door of Elisha's house.
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9. 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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10. Elisha sent a man to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times. And your flesh will be made well and you will be clean."
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10. And Elisha H477 sent H7971 a messenger H4397 unto H413 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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11. But Naaman was very angry and went away. He said, "I thought he would come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God. I thought he would wave his hand over the place, and heal the bad skin disease.
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11. But Naaman H5283 was wroth H7107 , and went away H1980 , and said H559 , Behold H2009 , I thought H559 , He will surely come out H3318 H3318 to H413 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 H413 the place H4725 , and recover H622 the leper H6879 .
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12. Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away very angry.
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12. Are not H3808 Abana H71 and Pharpar H6554 , rivers H5104 of Damascus H1834 , better H2896 than all H4480 H3605 the waters H4325 of Israel H3478 ? may I not H3808 wash H7364 in them , and be clean H2891 ? So he turned H6437 and went away H1980 in a rage H2534 .
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13. Then his servants came and said to him, "My father, if the man of God had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash and be clean'?"
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13. And his servants H5650 came near H5066 , and spoke H1696 unto H413 him , and said H559 , My father H1 , if the prophet H5030 had bid H1696 H413 thee do some great H1419 thing H1697 , wouldest thou not H3808 have done H6213 it ? how much rather H637 then, when H3588 he saith H559 to H413 thee, Wash H7364 , and be clean H2891 ?
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14. So Naaman went down into the Jordan River seven times, as the man of God had told him. And his flesh was made as well as the flesh of a little child. He was clean.
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14. 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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15. Then Naaman returned to the man of God with all those who were with him. He came and stood in front of Elisha and said, "See, now I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel. So I ask you now to take a gift from your servant."
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15. And he returned H7725 to H413 the man H376 of God H430 , he H1931 and all H3605 his company H4264 , and came H935 , and stood H5975 before H6440 him : and he said H559 , Behold H2009 , now H4994 I know H3045 that H3588 there is no H369 God H430 in all H3605 the earth H776 , but H3588 H518 in Israel H3478 : now H6258 therefore , I pray thee H4994 , take H3947 a blessing H1293 of H4480 H854 thy servant H5650 .
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16. But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, before Whom I stand, I will take nothing." Naaman tried to talk him into taking it, but he would not.
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16. But he said H559 , As the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , before H6440 whom H834 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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17. Naaman said, "If not, I ask you, let your servant be given as much dirt as two horses can carry. For your servant will not give burnt gifts or kill animals on the altar in worship to other gods any more. I will only give gifts to the Lord.
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17. And Naaman H5283 said H559 , Shall there not H3808 then , I pray thee H4994 , be given H5414 to thy servant H5650 two mules H6776 H6505 ' burden H4853 of earth H127 ? for H3588 thy servant H5650 will henceforth H5750 offer H6213 neither H3808 burnt offering H5930 nor sacrifice H2077 unto other H312 gods H430 , but H3588 H518 unto the LORD H3068 .
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18. But may the Lord forgive your servant for this. My king goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there. He rests on my arm and I put my face to the ground in the house of Rimmon. When I put my face to the ground in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant."
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18. In this H2088 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 H8033 , and he H1931 leaneth H8172 on H5921 my hand H3027 , and I bow myself H7812 in the house H1004 of Rimmon H7417 : when I bow down myself H7812 in the house H1004 of Rimmon H7417 , the LORD H3068 pardon H5545 thy servant H5650 in this H2088 thing H1697 .
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19. And Elisha said to him, "Go in peace." So Naaman went away from him a short way.
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19. And he said H559 unto him, Go H1980 in peace H7965 . So he departed H1980 from H4480 H854 him a little way H3530 H776 .
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20. But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, "See, my owner has let Naaman the Syrian go without receiving the gift he brought. As the Lord lives, I will run after him and take something from him."
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20. But Gehazi H1522 , the servant H5288 of Elisha H477 the man H376 of God H430 , said H559 , Behold H2009 , my master H113 hath spared H2820 H853 Naaman H5283 this H2088 Syrian H761 , in not receiving H4480 H3947 at his hands H4480 H3027 H853 that which H834 he brought H935 : but H3588 H518 , as the LORD H3068 liveth H2416 , I will run H7323 after H310 him , and take H3947 somewhat H3972 of H4480 H854 him.
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21. So Gehazi went after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he stepped off the war-wagon to meet him, and said, "Is all well?"
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21. 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 H4480 H5921 the chariot H4818 to meet H7122 him , and said H559 , Is all well H7965 ?
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22. Gehazi said, "All is well. My owner has sent me, saying, 'See, just now two young sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. I ask of you, give them a man's weight in silver and two changes of clothes.' "
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22. And he said H559 , All is well H7965 . My master H113 hath sent H7971 me, saying H559 , Behold H2009 , even now H6258 H2088 there be come H935 to H413 me from mount H4480 H2022 Ephraim H669 two H8147 young men H5288 of the sons H4480 H1121 of the prophets H5030 : give H5414 them , I pray thee H4994 , a talent H3603 of silver H3701 , and two H8147 changes H2487 of garments H899 .
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23. Naaman said, "Be pleased to take silver weighing as much as two men." And he had him take two bags of silver weighing as much as two men, with two changes of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi.
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23. And Naaman H5283 said H559 , Be content H2974 , take H3947 two talents H3603 . And he urged H6555 him , and bound H6696 two talents H3603 of silver H3701 in two H8147 bags H2754 , with two H8147 changes H2487 of garments H899 , and laid H5414 them upon H413 two H8147 of his servants H5288 ; and they bore H5375 them before H6440 him.
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24. When he came to the hill, Gehazi took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men away, and they left.
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24. And when he came H935 to H413 the tower H6076 , he took H3947 them from their hand H4480 H3027 , and bestowed H6485 them in the house H1004 : and he let H853 the men H376 go H7971 , and they departed H1980 .
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25. And Gehazi went in and stood in front of his owner. Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant did not leave."
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25. But he H1931 went in H935 , and stood H5975 before H413 his master H113 . And Elisha H477 said H559 unto H413 him, Whence H4480 H370 comest thou , Gehazi H1522 ? And he said H559 , Thy servant H5650 went H1980 no H3808 whither H575 H575 .
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26. Elisha said to him, "Did I not go with you in spirit when the man turned from his war-wagon to meet you? Was it a time to receive money and clothes and olive fields and grape-fields and sheep and cattle and men servants and women servants?
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26. And he said H559 unto H413 him, Went H1980 not H3808 mine heart H3820 with thee , when H834 the man H376 turned again H2015 from H4480 H5921 his chariot H4818 to meet H7122 thee? Is it a time H6256 to receive H3947 H853 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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27. So now the bad skin disease will be upon you and your children forever." And Gehazi went away from Elisha with a bad skin disease. He was as white as snow.
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27. The leprosy H6883 therefore of Naaman H5283 shall cleave H1692 unto thee , and unto thy seed H2233 forever H5769 . And he went out H3318 from his presence H4480 H6440 a leper H6879 as white as snow H7950 .
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