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?”
7. When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes in fear and shouted, “That Syrian king believes I can cure this man of leprosy! Does he think I'm God with power over life and death? He must be trying to pick a fight with me.”
8. As soon as Elisha the prophet heard what had happened, he sent the Israelite king this message: “Why are you so afraid? Send the man to me, so that he will know there is a prophet in Israel.”