5:1Naaman, general of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable: for by him the Lord gave rescue to Syria: and he was a valiant man and rich, but a leper.

2Now there had gone out robbers from Syria, and had led away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited upon Naaman's wife.

3And she said to her mistress: I wish my master had been with the prophet, that is in Samaria: he would certainly have healed him of the leprosy which he has.

4Then Naaman went in to his lord, and told him, saying: Thus and thus said tile girl from the land of Israel.

5And the king of Syria sad to him: Go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and tell changes of clothing,

6And brought the letter to the king of Israel, in these words: When you shall receive this letter, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may heal him of his leprosy.

7And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man has sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

8And when Eliseus the man of God had heard this, to wit, that the king of Israel had rent his garments, he sent to him, saying: Why have you rent your garments? let him come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9So Naaman came with Iris horses and chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Eliseus:

10And Eliseus sent a messenger to him, saying: Go, and wash seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh shall recover health, and you shall be clean.

11Naaman was angry and went away, saying: I thought he would hare come out to me, and standing would hare invoked the name of the Lord his God, and touched with his hand the place of the leprosy, and healed me.

12Are not the Abana, and the Pharphar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel, that I may wash in them, and be made clean? So as he turned, and was going away with indignation,

13His servants came to him, and said to him: Father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, surely you should have done it: how much rather what he now has said to you: Wash, and you shall he clean?

14Then he went down, and washed in the Jordan seven times: according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored, like the flesh of a little child, and he was made clean.

15And returning to the man of God with all his train, be came, and stood before him, and said: In truth, I know there is no other God in all the earth, but only in Israel: I beg you therefore take a blessing of your servant.

42:2As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after you, O God.

3My soul has thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

43:3Send forth your light and your truth$1 they have conducted me, and brought me to your holy hill, and into your tabernacles.

4And I will go in to the altar of God$1 to God who gives joy to my youth.

4:24And he said: Amen I say to you, that no prophet is accepted in his own country.

25In truth I say to you, there were many widows in the days of Elias in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the earth.

26And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

27And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian.

28And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were satisfied with anger.

29And they rose up and thrust him out of the city; and they brought him to the brow of the hill, whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.

30But he passing through the midst of them, went his way.