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2 Kings 5:14-17
Contemporary English Version
2 Kings 5:14-17
Contemporary English Version
14 Naaman walked down to the Jordan; he waded out into the water and stooped down in it seven times, just as Elisha had told him. At once, he was cured, and his skin became as smooth as a child's.
15 Naaman and his officials went back to Elisha. Naaman stood in front of him and announced, “Now I know that the God of Israel is the only God in the whole world. Sir, would you please accept a gift from me?”
16 “I am a servant of the living Lord,” Elisha answered, “and I swear that I will not take anything from you.”
Naaman kept begging, but Elisha kept refusing. 17 Finally Naaman said, “If you won't accept a gift, then please let me take home as much soil as two mules can pull in a wagon. Sir, from now on I will offer sacrifices only to the Lord.[a]
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- 5.17 let me take … the Lord: It was believed that the Lord had to be worshiped in Israel or on soil taken from Israel.
2 Kings 5:14-17
New International Version
2 Kings 5:14-17
New International Version
14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times,(A) as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored(B) and became clean like that of a young boy.(C)
15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God(D). He stood before him and said, “Now I know(E) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift(F) from your servant.”
16 The prophet answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will not accept a thing.” And even though Naaman urged him, he refused.(G)
17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth(H) as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord.
2 Kings 5:14-17
King James Version
2 Kings 5:14-17
King James Version
14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
16 But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord.
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