And the king of Aram said, Go thy way thither, and I will send a letter unto the King of Israel. And he departed, and [a]took [b]with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiments,

And brought the letter to the king of Israel to this effect, Now when this letter is come unto thee, understand, that I have sent thee Naaman my servant, that thou mayest heal him of his leprosy.

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God to kill and to give life that he doth send to me, that I should heal a man from his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:5 To give this as a present to the Prophet.
  2. 2 Kings 5:5 Hebrew, in his hand.

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