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And Elisha saw it,
and he
cried, My father, my father, the
chariot of Israel,
and the
horsemen thereof.
And he saw him no more:
and he took hold of his own clothes,
and rent them in two pieces.
He took up also the
mantle of
Elijah that fell from him,
and went back,
and stood by the bank of Jordan;
And he took the
mantle of
Elijah that fell from him,
and smote the waters,
and said, Where is the LORD God of
Elijah?
and when he also had
smitten the waters, they parted
hither and thither:
and Elisha went over.
Then he took the
cloak of
Elijah that had fallen from him
and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of
Elijah?” he asked.
And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right
and to the left,
and Elisha crossed over.
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at
Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of
Elijah doth rest on
Elisha.
And they came to meet him,
and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from
Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of
Elijah rests on
Elisha.”
And they went to meet him
and bowed down to the ground before him.
And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee,
and seek thy master: lest
peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up,
and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.
And he said, Ye shall not send.
“Look now,” they said to
Elisha, “we your servants have fifty
valiant men. Please let them go
and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up
and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,”
Elisha replied.
And when they urged him till he was
ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men;
and they sought three days, but found him not.
But when they pressed him to the point of
embarrassment, he said, “Send them.”
And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find
Elijah.
And when they came again to him, (for he
tarried at
Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
When they returned to
Elisha, who was staying in
Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
And the men of the city said unto
Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord
seeth: but the water is
naught,
and the ground barren.
Then the men of the city said to
Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s
location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad
and the land is unfruitful.”
And he said, Bring me a new
cruse,
and put salt therein.
And they bring it to him.
“Bring me a new
bowl,” he replied, “
and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters,
and cast the salt in there,
and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have
healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it,
and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have
healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
So the waters were
healed unto this day, according to the saying of
Elisha which he spake.
And the waters there have been healthy to this day, according to the word spoken by
Elisha.
And he went up from thence unto
Bethel:
and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city,
and mocked him,
and said unto him, Go up, thou
bald head; go up, thou
bald head.
And he turned back,
and looked on them,
and cursed them in the name of the LORD.
And there came forth two she bears out of the wood,
and tare forty
and two children of them.
Then he turned around, looked at them,
and called down a
curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods
and mauled forty-two of the boys.
And he went from thence to mount
Carmel,
and from thence he returned to Samaria.
And Elisha went on to Mount
Carmel,
and from there he returned to Samaria.
Now Jehoram the son of
Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the
eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah,
and reigned twelve years.
In the
eighteenth year of
Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Jehoram son of
Ahab became king of Israel,
and he reigned in Samaria twelve years.
And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father,
and like his mother: for he put away the image of
Baal that his father had made.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father
and mother had done. He removed the sacred
pillar of
Baal that his father had made.
And Mesha king of Moab was a
sheepmaster,
and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs,
and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
So at that time King Jehoram set out from Samaria
and mobilized all Israel.
And he went
and sent to
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me:
wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle?
And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people,
and my horses as thy horses.
And he sent a message to
Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied
Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people,
and my horses are your horses.”
And he said, Which way shall we go up?
And he answered, The way through the wilderness of
Edom.
Then he asked, “Which way shall we go up?” “By way of the Desert of
Edom,” replied
Joram.
So the king of Israel went,
and the king of Judah,
and the king of
Edom:
and they
fetched a compass of seven days’ journey:
and there was no water for the host,
and for the cattle that followed them.
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah,
and the king of
Edom set out,
and after they had traveled a
roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
And the king of Israel said,
Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!
“
Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
But
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may
enquire of the LORD by him?
And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered
and said, Here is
Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of
Elijah.
But
Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.”
And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “
Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of
Elijah.”
And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel
and Jehoshaphat and the king of
Edom went down to him.
And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father,
and to the prophets of thy mother.
And the king of Israel said unto him,
Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father
and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
Then
Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
But now bring me a
minstrel.
And it came to pass, when the
minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of
ditches.
and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘
Dig this valley full of
ditches.’
For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.
For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
And ye shall
smite every
fenced city,
and every choice city,
and shall fell every good tree,
and stop all wells of water,
and mar every good piece of land with stones.
And you shall attack every fortified city and every city of importance. You shall cut down every good tree, stop up every spring, and ruin every good field with stones.”
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of
Edom,
and the country was filled with water.
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly flowed from the direction of
Edom and filled the land.
And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.
Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. So all who could bear arms, young and old, were summoned and stationed at the border.
And they rose up early in the morning,
and the sun
shone upon the water,
and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was
shining on the water,
and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain,
and they have
smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the
spoil.
“This is blood!” they
exclaimed. “The kings have
clashed swords
and slaughtered one another. Now to the
plunder, Moab!”
And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up
and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward
smiting the Moabites, even in their country.
But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and attacked them, and they fled before them. So the Israelites invaded their land and struck down the Moabites.
And they beat down the cities,
and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone,
and filled it;
and they stopped all the wells of water,
and felled all the good trees: only in Kir-haraseth left they the stones thereof;
howbeit the slingers went about it,
and smote it.
They destroyed the cities,
and each man threw stones on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up every spring
and cut down every good tree. Only Kir-haraseth was left with stones in place, but men with
slings surrounded it
and attacked it as well.
And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too
sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of
Edom: but they could not.
When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred
swordsmen to break through to the king of
Edom, but they could not prevail.
Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his
stead,
and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall.
And there was great
indignation against Israel:
and they departed from him,
and returned to their own land.
So he took his
firstborn son, who was to succeed him,
and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall.
And there was great
fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew
and returned to their own land.
Now there
cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto
Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead;
and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD:
and the
creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be
bondmen.
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets
cried out to
Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead,
and you know that your servant feared the LORD.
And now his
creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?
And she said, Thine
handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
“How can I help you?” asked
Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a
jar of oil.”
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
And it fell on a day, that
Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman;
and she
constrained him to eat bread.
And so it was, that as
oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
One day
Elisha went to Shunem,
and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall;
and let us set for him there a bed,
and a table,
and a
stool,
and a
candlestick:
and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Please let us make a small room
upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair,
and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
One day
Elisha came to visit
and went to his upper room to lie down.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
And he said, What then is to be done for her?
And Gehazi answered,
Verily she hath no child,
and her husband is old.
So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
“Call her,” said
Elisha. So Gehazi called her,
and she stood in the
doorway.
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son.
And she said,
Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine
handmaid.
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your
maidservant, O man of God.”
And the woman conceived,
and bare a son at that season that
Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
But the woman did conceive,
and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as
Elisha had told her.
And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
And he said unto his father, My head, my head.
And he said to a
lad, Carry him to his mother.
“My head! My head!” he
complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
And when he had taken him,
and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till
noon,
and then died.
After the servant had
picked him up
and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her
lap until
noon,
and then he died.
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
And she called unto her husband,
and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men,
and one of the
asses, that I may run to the man of God,
and come again.
And the woman called her husband
and said, “Please send me one of the servants
and one of the
donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God
and return.”
And he said, Wherefore
wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath.
And she said, It shall be well.
“Why would you go to him
today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
Then she
saddled an
ass,
and said to her servant, Drive,
and go forward;
slack not thy riding for me, except I
bid thee.
So she went
and came unto the man of God to mount
Carmel.
And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her
afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold,
yonder is that Shunammite:
So she set out
and went to the man of God at Mount
Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away.
And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is
vexed within her:
and the LORD hath
hid it from me,
and hath not told me.
When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she
clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to
push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress,
and the LORD has hidden it from me
and has not told me.”
Then he said to Gehazi,
Gird up thy loins,
and take my staff in thine hand,
and go thy way: if thou meet any man,
salute him not;
and if any
salute thee, answer him not again:
and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
So
Elisha said to Gehazi, “
Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand,
and go! If you meet
anyone, do not
greet him,
and if
anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives
and as you
yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up
and followed her.
And Gehazi passed on before them,
and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him,
and told him, saying, The child is not
awaked.
Gehazi went on
ahead of them
and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or
response. So he went back to meet
Elisha and told him, “The boy has not
awakened.”
And when
Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead,
and laid upon his bed.
When
Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
He went in therefore,
and shut the door upon them
twain,
and prayed unto the LORD.
So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
Then
Elisha got on the bed
and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye,
and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
Then he returned,
and walked in the house to
and fro;
and went up,
and stretched himself upon him:
and the child
sneezed seven times,
and the child opened his eyes.
Elisha turned away
and paced back
and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed
and stretched himself out over the boy again,
and the boy
sneezed seven times
and opened his eyes.
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Elisha summoned Gehazi
and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her
and she came. Then
Elisha said, “
Pick up your son.”
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
She came in, fell at his feet,
and bowed to the ground. Then she
picked up her son
and went out.
And Elisha came again to
Gilgal:
and there was a
dearth in the land;
and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him:
and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot,
and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
When
Elisha returned to
Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his
attendant, “Put on the large pot
and boil some
stew for the sons of the prophets.”
And one went out into the field to gather herbs,
and found a wild vine,
and gathered thereof wild gourds his
lap full,
and came
and shred them into the pot of
pottage: for they knew them not.
One of them went out to the field to gather herbs,
and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back
and cut them up into the pot of
stew, though no one knew what they were.
So they poured out for the men to eat.
And it came to pass, as they were eating of the
pottage, that they
cried out,
and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot.
And they could not eat thereof.
And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the
stew they
cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!”
And they could not eat it.
But he said, Then bring meal.
And he cast it into the pot;
and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat.
And there was no
harm in the pot.
Then
Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot
and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.”
And there was nothing
harmful in the pot.
And there came a man from
Baal-shalisha,
and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty
loaves of barley,
and full ears of corn in the
husk thereof.
And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
Now a man from
Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a
sack of twenty
loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said
Elisha.
And his
servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat,
and shall leave thereof.
But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty
loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said
Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat
and have some left over.’”
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.
So he set it before them,
and they
ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
Now
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.
Now
Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of
Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight
and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to
Aram.
And he was a mighty man of
valor, but he was a
leper.
And 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.
At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands
and had taken a young
girl from the land of Israel,
and she was serving
Naaman’s wife.
And 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.
She said to her
mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his
leprosy.”
And one went in,
and told his lord, saying, Thus
and thus said the
maid that is of the land of Israel.
And Naaman went
and told his master what the
girl from the land of Israel had said.
And 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.
“Go now,” said the king of
Aram, “
and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” So
Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold,
and ten sets of clothing.
And 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.
And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant
Naaman, so that you may cure him of his
leprosy.”
And 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.
When the king of Israel read the letter, he
tore his clothes
and asked, “Am I God, killing
and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a
leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
And 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.
Now when
Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had
torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you
torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me,
and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
So
Naaman came with his horses
and with his
chariot,
and stood at the door of the house of
Elisha.
And Elisha sent a
messenger unto him, saying, Go
and wash in the Jordan seven times,
and thy flesh shall come again to thee,
and thou shalt be clean.
Then
Elisha sent him a
messenger, who said, “Go
and wash
yourself seven times in the Jordan,
and your flesh will be restored,
and you will be clean.”
But
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.
But
Naaman went away
angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand
and call on the name of the LORD his God,
and wave his hand over the spot to cure my
leprosy.
Are 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.
Are not the Abanah
and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them
and been
cleansed?” So he turned
and went away in a
rage.
And 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?
Naaman’s servants, however, approached him
and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash
and be
cleansed’?”
Then 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.
So
Naaman went down
and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God,
and his flesh was restored
and became like that of a little child,
and he was clean.
And 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 earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
Then
Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him,
and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
But
Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.”
And although
Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
And 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.
“If you will not,” said
Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
In 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.
Yet may the LORD
forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of
Rimmon to worship there,
and he leans on my arm,
and I bow down in the temple of
Rimmon, may the LORD
forgive your servant in this matter.”
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
“Go in peace,” said
Elisha. But after
Naaman had traveled a short distance,