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Elisha Cures Na’aman’s Leprosy

Na’aman,[a] the commander of the king of Aram’s army, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly honored because the Lord had provided victory for Aram through him. Although he was a powerful warrior, he had leprosy.[b]

Raiding parties had once gone out from Aram and brought back a young girl. She served Na’aman’s wife.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:1 The stop mark ′ is inserted into some names as a pronunciation guide. The double vowel should not be read as one syllable, Nayman, but as two syllables, Nay-a-man.
  2. 2 Kings 5:1 The Hebrew word covers a wider range of skin diseases than the disease presently known as leprosy.