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.

But when Elisha the man of God had heard that the King of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent unto the King, saying, [a]Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a Prophet in Israel.

¶ Then Naaman came with his horses, and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:8 The Prophet rebuketh the king because he did not consider that God was true in his promise, and therefore would not leave his Church destitute of a Prophet, whose prayers he would hear, and to whom others should have recourse for comfort.

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