2 Kings 5 (NET)

2 Kings 5:1¹Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:27Rom 15:18Prov 21:31Deut 2:37Esth 10:3Esth 9:4Num 12:10-12Exod 11:3Lev 13:2-32 Chr 26:19-23

2 Kings 5:2²Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman’s wife.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:232 Kgs 13:201 Sam 13:17-18Ps 123:2Judg 9:34

2 Kings 5:3³She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:29Luke 17:12-14Num 11:291 Cor 4:82 Kgs 5:8Matt 11:5Matt 8:2-3

2 Kings 5:4⁴Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:26-272 Kgs 7:9-11John 1:42-46John 4:28-29Mark 16:9-10Mark 5:19

2 Kings 5:5⁵The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman went, taking with him 10 talents of silver, 6,000 shekels of gold, and 10 suits of clothes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 14:122 Kgs 8:8-91 Kgs 13:71 Kgs 22:31 Sam 9:7-82 Kgs 4:422 Kgs 5:22-23Acts 8:18-20Eccl 2:1Gen 11:3

2 Kings 5:6⁶He brought the letter to the king of Israel. It read: “This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 5:7⁷When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 2:61 Kgs 20:7Gen 30:2Deut 32:39Dan 2:11Hos 6:1Luke 11:542 Kgs 11:142 Kgs 18:37-19:1Acts 14:14

2 Kings 5:8⁸When Elisha the prophet heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:241 Kgs 18:36-372 Kgs 1:62 Kgs 5:152 Kgs 5:32 Kgs 5:72 Sam 3:31Exod 11:8Ezek 2:5Hos 12:13

2 Kings 5:9⁹So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha’s house.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:122 Kgs 6:32Acts 16:29-30Acts 16:37-39Isa 60:14

2 Kings 5:10¹⁰Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 9:71 Cor 6:11Lev 14:7Josh 6:4Matt 15:23-262 Kgs 4:412 Kgs 5:14Josh 6:13-16Lev 14:16Lev 14:51

2 Kings 5:11¹¹Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:21-251 Cor 2:14-161 Cor 3:18-20Heb 12:25Isa 55:8-9John 13:20John 4:48John 6:66-69Luke 14:11Matt 15:27

2 Kings 5:12¹²The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:92 Kgs 2:142 Kgs 2:82 Kgs 5:17Ezek 47:1-8Josh 3:15-17Prov 14:17Prov 19:11Zech 13:1Zech 14:8

2 Kings 5:13¹³His servants approached and said to him, “O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, ‘Wash and you will be healed.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:212 Kgs 13:142 Kgs 2:12Rev 7:141 Pet 3:21Jer 38:7-10Job 32:8-9Acts 22:16Eph 5:26-27Heb 10:22

2 Kings 5:14¹⁴So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. His skin became as smooth as a young child’s and he was healed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 33:25Luke 4:27Luke 5:13Zech 14:82 Kgs 5:10Ezek 47:1-9John 2:5Job 31:13Heb 11:7-8Prov 25:11-12

2 Kings 5:15¹⁵He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman came and stood before him. He said, “For sure I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 2:47Dan 6:26-27Josh 2:9-111 Kgs 18:361 Sam 17:46-471 Sam 25:272 Cor 9:52 Kgs 5:8Dan 3:29Isa 43:10-11

2 Kings 5:16¹⁶But Elisha replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take nothing from you.” Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:142 Kgs 5:202 Kgs 5:261 Kgs 13:81 Kgs 17:1Dan 5:17Gen 14:22-231 Cor 10:32-331 Cor 6:121 Kgs 18:15

2 Kings 5:17¹⁷Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 26:181 Pet 4:32 Kgs 5:12Exod 20:24Rom 14:11 Thess 1:9

2 Kings 5:18¹⁸May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 7:22 Kgs 7:172 Kgs 17:35Jer 50:201 Kgs 19:182 Chr 30:18-19Exod 20:5

2 Kings 5:19¹⁹Elisha said to him, “Go in peace.” When he had gone a short distance,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 1:17Exod 4:18Mark 5:341 Cor 3:21 Sam 25:35Gen 35:16Heb 5:13-14John 16:12Luke 7:50Luke 8:48

2 Kings 5:20²⁰Gehazi, the prophet Elisha’s servant, thought, “Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:122 Kgs 4:312 Kgs 4:362 Kgs 6:312 Pet 2:14-15Titus 1:71 Tim 6:9-112 Tim 4:10Acts 8:18-19Exod 20:7

2 Kings 5:21²¹So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:262 Kgs 9:17-22Acts 10:25-26Acts 8:31Luke 7:6-7

2 Kings 5:22²²He answered, “Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message, ‘Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:5Acts 5:3-4Jer 9:5John 8:44Rev 21:81 Kgs 13:181 Kgs 20:351 Kgs 20:392 Cor 12:16-182 Kgs 2:3

2 Kings 5:23²³Naaman said, “Please accept two talents of silver.” He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:72 Kgs 12:102 Kgs 2:172 Kgs 5:162 Kgs 6:3Isa 30:6Luke 11:54

2 Kings 5:24²⁴When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:16Josh 7:1Josh 7:11-12Josh 7:21Hab 2:6Isa 29:15Zech 5:3-4

2 Kings 5:25²⁵When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” He answered, “Your servant hasn’t been anywhere.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:222 Kgs 20:14Acts 5:3-4Ezek 33:31Gen 16:8Gen 3:8-9Gen 4:9John 13:26-30Matt 26:15-16Matt 26:21

2 Kings 5:26²⁶Elisha replied, “I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Col 2:51 Cor 5:32 Kgs 6:12Acts 20:351 Cor 9:11-122 Kgs 5:16Matt 10:82 Thess 3:8-9Gen 14:23Ps 63:11

2 Kings 5:27²⁷Therefore Naaman’s skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!” When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 4:62 Kgs 15:5Num 12:101 Sam 2:30-362 Kgs 5:12 Sam 3:29Isa 59:2-3Josh 7:251 Tim 6:102 Pet 2:3