13 But his servants came, and spake unto him, and said, [a]Father, if the Prophet had commanded thee a great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Then went he down, and (A)washed 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 turned again to the man of God, he, and all his company, and came and stood before him, and said, Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the world but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a [b]reward of thy servant.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:13 This declareth that servants ought to reverence and love their masters as children their fathers, and likewise masters toward their servants, must be affectioned as toward their children.
  2. 2 Kings 5:15 Hebrew, blessing.

13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father,(A) if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times,(B) as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored(C) and became clean like that of a young boy.(D)

15 Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God(E). He stood before him and said, “Now I know(F) that there is no God in all the world except in Israel. So please accept a gift(G) from your servant.”

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