2 Kings 5
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l Naaman, m 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 n one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife.
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She said to her mistress, "Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy."
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So Naaman went in and told his lord, "Thus and so spoke the girl 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, o taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten p changes of clothing.
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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 Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy."
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And when the king of Israel read the letter, q he tore his clothes and said, r "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only s consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me."
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But when Elisha the t man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel."
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So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house.
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And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, u "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean."
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But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, "Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.
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Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of v Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage.
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But his servants came near and said to him, w "My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?"
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So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, x and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, y and he was clean.
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Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, "Behold, I know that z there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so a accept now a present from your servant."
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But he said, b "As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, c I will receive none." And he urged him to take it, but he refused.
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Then Naaman said, "If not, please let there be given to your servant two mules' load of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the Lord.
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In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of d Rimmon to worship there, e leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter."
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He said to him, f "Go in peace." But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance,
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g Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "See, my master has spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not accepting from his hand what he brought. h As the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him."
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So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, i "Is all well?"
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And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from j the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and k two changes of clothing.'"
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And Naaman said, l "Be pleased to accept two talents." And he urged him and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants. And they carried them before Gehazi.
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And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and put them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed.
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He went in and stood before his master, and Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant went nowhere."
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But he said to him, "Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?
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Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." So he went out from his presence m a leper, like snow.
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Luke 4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
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2 Kings 4:13
And he said to him, "Say now to her, 'See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?'" She answered, "I dwell among my own people.
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2 Kings 6:23
So he prepared for them a great feast, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the Syrians did not come again on raids into the land of Israel.
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2 Kings 4:42
A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat.
2 Kings 8:8 - 9
The king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'
1 Samuel 9:7
Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
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2 Kings 5:22 - 23
And he said, "All is well. My master has sent me to say, 'There have just now come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothing.'
Judges 14:12
And Samson said to them, "Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.
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Genesis 44:13
Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
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Genesis 30:2
Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?
Deuteronomy 32:39
'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
1 Samuel 2:6
The Lord kills and brings to life; he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
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1 Kings 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Mark, now, and see how this man is seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my wives and my children, and for my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him.
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Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
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John 9:7
And said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
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1 Kings 11:24
And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.
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2 Kings 6:21
As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?
2 Kings 8:9
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'
Judges 17:10
And Micah said to him, "Stay with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year and a suit of clothes and your living." And the Levite went in.
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2 Kings 5:10
And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.
Job 33:25
Let his flesh become fresh with youth; let him return to the days of his youthful vigor'.
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Luke 4:27
And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.
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Daniel 2:47
The king answered and said to Daniel, "Truly, your God is God of gods and Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, for you have been able to reveal this mystery.
Daniel 3:29
Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.
Daniel 6:26 - 27
I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
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Genesis 33:11
Please accept my blessing that is brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." Thus he urged him, and he took it.
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2 Kings 3:14
And Elisha said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
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Genesis 14:23
That I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.
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1 Kings 15:18
Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house and gave them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who lived in Damascus, saying.
Zechariah 12:11
On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
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2 Kings 7:2
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, "If the Lord himself should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" But he said, "You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.
2 Kings 7:17
Now the king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate. And the people trampled him in the gate, so that he died, as the man of God had said when the king came down to him.
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
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2 Kings 4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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2 Kings 9:11
When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, they said to him, "Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you?" And he said to them, "You know the fellow and his talk.
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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2 Kings 5:5
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 changes of clothing.
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2 Kings 6:3
Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go.
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Exodus 4:6
Again, the Lord said to him, "Put your hand inside your cloak." And he put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.
Numbers 12:10
When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.
2 Kings 15:5
And the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, governing the people of the land.
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