1. Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high esteem because by him the Lord had given salvation unto Syria; he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2. And the Syrians had gone out by companies and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
3. And she said unto her mistress, If my lord would ask the prophet that is in Samaria, he would remove his leprosy.
4. And Naaman went in and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel.
5. And the king of Syria said, Go, depart, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
6. And he also took the letter to the king of Israel, which said, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman, my slave, to thee, that thou may remove his leprosy.
7. And when the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to give life, that this man sends unto me to remove the leprosy of this man? Therefore now consider and see how he seeks a quarrel against me.
8. And when Elisha, the man of God, heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, Why hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9. So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.