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2 Kings 5

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  1. 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.41 cross-references: Luke 4:27, Romans 15:18, Proverbs 21:31, Leviticus 13:2–3, Esther 9:4
  2. 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.13 cross-references: 2 Kings 6:23, 2 Kings 13:20, 1 Samuel 13:17–18, Psalms 123:2, Judges 9:34
  3. 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.16 cross-references: Luke 17:12–14, Acts 26:29, Numbers 11:29, 2 Kings 5:8, Matthew 8:2–3
  4. 4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.6 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:26–27, Mark 16:9–10, John 4:28–29, Mark 5:19, John 1:42–46
  5. 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.29 cross-references: Judges 14:12, 2 Kings 8:8–9, 1 Samuel 9:7–8, Numbers 24:11–13, Genesis 11:3
  6. 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.
  7. 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.33 cross-references: 1 Samuel 2:6, 1 Kings 20:7, Genesis 30:2, Deuteronomy 32:39, Hosea 6:1
  8. 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.20 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:3, Romans 11:13, Hosea 12:13, 2 Kings 5:15, 1 Kings 18:36–37
  9. 9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.7 cross-references: Isaiah 60:14, 2 Kings 6:32, Acts 16:37–39, Acts 16:29–30, 2 Kings 3:12
  10. 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.32 cross-references: John 9:7, 1 Corinthians 6:11, Leviticus 14:7, Matthew 15:23–26, 2 Kings 4:41
  11. 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.26 cross-references: Proverbs 13:10, 1 Corinthians 1:21–25, Hebrews 12:25, 1 Corinthians 3:18–20, Proverbs 3:7
  12. 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.12 cross-references: Mark 1:9, Zechariah 13:1, Proverbs 14:17, Ezekiel 47:1–8, Joshua 3:15–17
  13. 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?41 cross-references: 2 Kings 6:21, 2 Kings 13:14, Revelation 7:14, 2 Kings 2:12, Jeremiah 38:7–10
  14. 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.28 cross-references: Job 33:25, Luke 4:27, Luke 5:13, Zechariah 14:8, Ezekiel 47:1–9
  15. 15And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.44 cross-references: Daniel 2:47, Daniel 6:26–27, Joshua 2:9–11, Daniel 3:29, Romans 10:10
  16. 16But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.26 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:26, 2 Kings 3:14, 2 Kings 5:20, Genesis 14:22–23, 1 Kings 17:1
  17. 17And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.11 cross-references: Acts 26:18, 2 Kings 5:12, Exodus 20:24, Romans 14:1, 1 Peter 4:3
  18. 18In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing.8 cross-references: 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17, 2 Kings 17:35, 1 Kings 19:18, Exodus 20:5
  19. 19And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.17 cross-references: 1 Samuel 1:17, Exodus 4:18, Mark 5:34, John 16:12, Luke 7:50
  20. 20But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.52 cross-references: 2 Kings 4:12, 2 Kings 4:31, 2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 6:31, Titus 1:7
  21. 21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?8 cross-references: Acts 10:25–26, Acts 8:31, Luke 7:6–7, 2 Kings 9:17–22, 2 Kings 4:26
  22. 22And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.20 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:5, Joshua 24:33, Exodus 38:24–28, 1 Kings 20:39, 2 Corinthians 12:16–18
  23. 23And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.11 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:16, 2 Kings 2:17, 2 Kings 12:10, Isaiah 30:6, 1 Kings 20:7
  24. 24And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.9 cross-references: Joshua 7:11–12, Joshua 7:21, Joshua 7:1, 1 Kings 21:16, Isaiah 29:15
  25. 25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.24 cross-references: 2 Kings 5:22, Genesis 3:8–9, Ezekiel 33:31, Genesis 4:9, 2 Kings 20:14
  26. 26And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?34 cross-references: Colossians 2:5, 1 Corinthians 5:3, 2 Kings 6:12, 1 Corinthians 9:11–12, Matthew 10:8
  27. 27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.36 cross-references: Exodus 4:6, Numbers 12:10, 2 Kings 15:5, Malachi 2:8–9, 2 Kings 5:1

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God, Naaman, Elisha, Gehazi, Ephraim

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Syria, Jordan, Samaria, Pharpar, Damascus, Abana

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