1. Naaman, a general for the king of Aram, was a great man and highly regarded by his master, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. This man was a mighty warrior, but he had a skin disease.
2. Now Aramean raiding parties had gone out and captured a young girl from the land of Israel. She served Naaman’s wife.
3. She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master could come before the prophet who lives in Samaria. He would cure him of his skin disease."