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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. She said to her mistress, “I wish my master stood before the prophet who is in Samaria, because he would cure him of his leprosy.”

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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.