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 [a]reward of thy servant.

16 But he said, As the Lord liveth (before whom I stand) I will not receive it. And he would have constrained him to receive it, [b]but he refused.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:15 Hebrew, blessing.
  2. 2 Kings 5:16 So the Lord commandeth that they that receive freely, should give also freely.

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