2 Kings
2 Kings 5
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2 Kings 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now , captain of the host of the king of , was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto : he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. And the had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of a little maid; and she waited ’s wife. And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in ! for he would recover 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 . And the king of said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of . And he departed, and took with him ten of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. And he brought the letter to the king of , saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. And it came to pass, when the king of 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. And it was so, when the man of God had heard that the king of 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 . So came with his horses and with his , and stood at the door of the house of . And sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not and , rivers of , better than all the waters of ? may I not wash in them, and be clean? 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? Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in , 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. 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 : now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy 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. And 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 nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of to worship there, and he leaneth my hand, and I bow myself in the house of : when I bow down myself in the house of , the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. But , the servant of the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this , 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. So followed after . And when saw him running after him, he lighted down from the to meet him, and said, Is all ? And he said, All is . My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a of silver, and two changes of garments. And said, Be content, take two . And he urged him, and bound two of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. And 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. But he went in, and stood before his master. And said unto him, Whence comest thou, ? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and , and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.