1Now Naaman, captain of the
host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had
given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.  2And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had
brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
 3And she said unto her mistress, Would God my
lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
 4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus
and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.  5And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the
king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of
gold, and ten changes of raiment.  6And he
brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have
therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.  7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read
the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth
send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a
quarrel against me.  8And it was so, when
Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a
prophet in Israel.  9So Naaman came with
his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.  10And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and
wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
 11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God,
and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.  12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the
waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
 13And his servants came near, and spake unto him,
and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it?
how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?  14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according
to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he
was clean. (2
Kings 5:1-14, King James
Version)