1. Naaman was the commander of the Syrian army. The Lord had helped him and his troops defeat their enemies, so the king of Syria respected Naaman very much. Naaman was a brave soldier, but he had leprosy.
2. One day while the Syrian troops were raiding Israel, they captured a girl, and she became a servant of Naaman's wife.
3. Some time later the girl said, “If your husband Naaman would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would be cured of his leprosy.”
4. When Naaman told the king what the girl had said,
5. the king replied, “Go ahead! I will give you a letter to take to the king of Israel.”Naaman left and took along thirty thousand pieces of silver, six thousand pieces of gold, and ten new outfits.
6. He also carried the letter to the king of Israel. It said, “I am sending my servant Naaman to you. Would you cure him of his leprosy?”