Naaman Cured of Leprosy
(Luke 17:11–19)
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 1 Luk 4:27Rom 15:18Pro 21:31Deu 2:37Est 10:3Est 9:4Num 12:10-12Exo 11:3
At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. 2Ki 6:232Ki 13:201Sa 13:17-18Psa 123:2Jdg 9:34 She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” Act 26:29Luk 17:12-14Num 11:291Co 4:82Ki 5:8Mat 11:5Mat 8:2-3
And Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said. 1Co 1:26-272Ki 7:9-11Jhn 1:42-46Jhn 4:28-29Mrk 16:9-10Mrk 5:19
“Go now,” said the king of Aram, “and I will send you with a letter to the king of Israel.” Jdg 14:122Ki 8:8-91Ki 13:71Ki 22:31Sa 9:7-82Ki 4:422Ki 5:22-23Act 8:18-20
So Naaman departed, taking with him ten talents of silver, 2 six thousand shekels of gold, 3 and ten sets of clothing.
And the letter that he took to the king of Israel stated: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.”
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!” 1Sa 2:61Ki 20:7Gen 30:2Deu 32:39Dan 2:11Hos 6:1Luk 11:542Ki 11:14
Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 1Ki 17:241Ki 18:36-372Ki 1:62Ki 5:152Ki 5:32Ki 5:72Sa 3:31Exo 11:8
So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house. 2Ki 3:122Ki 6:32Act 16:29-30Act 16:37-39Isa 60:14
Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.” Jhn 9:71Co 6:11Lev 14:7Jos 6:4Mat 15:23-262Ki 4:412Ki 5:14Jos 6:13-16
But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy. 1Co 1:21-251Co 2:14-161Co 3:18-20Heb 12:25Isa 55:8-9Jhn 13:20Jhn 4:48Jhn 6:66-69 Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage. Mrk 1:92Ki 2:142Ki 2:82Ki 5:17Ezk 47:1-8Jos 3:15-17Pro 14:17Pro 19:11
Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, 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’?” 2Ki 6:212Ki 13:142Ki 2:12Rev 7:141Pe 3:21Jer 38:7-10Job 32:8-9Act 22:16
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean. Job 33:25Luk 4:27Luk 5:13Zec 14:82Ki 5:10Ezk 47:1-9Jhn 2:5Job 31:13
Gehazi’s Greed and Leprosy
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.” Dan 2:47Dan 6:26-27Jos 2:9-111Ki 18:361Sa 17:46-471Sa 25:272Co 9:52Ki 5:8
But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused. 2Ki 3:142Ki 5:202Ki 5:261Ki 13:81Ki 17:1Dan 5:17Gen 14:22-231Co 10:32-33
“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD. Act 26:181Pe 4:32Ki 5:12Exo 20:24Rom 14:11Th 1:9 Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.” 2Ki 7:22Ki 7:172Ki 17:35Jer 50:201Ki 19:182Ch 30:18-19Exo 20:5
“Go in peace,” said Elisha. 1Sa 1:17Exo 4:18Mrk 5:341Co 3:21Sa 25:35Gen 35:16Heb 5:13-14Jhn 16:12
But after Naaman had traveled a short distance, Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.” 2Ki 4:122Ki 4:312Ki 4:362Ki 6:312Pe 2:14-15Tit 1:71Ti 6:9-112Ti 4:10
So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?” 2Ki 4:262Ki 9:17-22Act 10:25-26Act 8:31Luk 7:6-7
“Everything is all right,” Gehazi replied. “My master has sent me to say, ‘I have just now discovered that two young men from the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver 4and two sets of clothing.’” 2Ki 5:5Act 5:3-4Jer 9:5Jhn 8:44Rev 21:81Ki 13:181Ki 20:351Ki 20:39
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi. 1Ki 20:72Ki 12:102Ki 2:172Ki 5:162Ki 6:3Isa 30:6Luk 11:54
When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed. 1Ki 21:16Jos 7:1Jos 7:11-12Jos 7:21Hab 2:6Isa 29:15Zec 5:3-4
When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” 2Ki 5:222Ki 20:14Act 5:3-4Ezk 33:31Gen 16:8Gen 3:8-9Gen 4:9Jhn 13:26-30
“Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants? Col 2:51Co 5:32Ki 6:12Act 20:351Co 9:11-122Ki 5:16Mat 10:82Th 3:8-9 Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman will cling to you and your descendants forever!” Exo 4:62Ki 15:5Num 12:101Sa 2:30-362Ki 5:12Sa 3:29Isa 59:2-3Jos 7:25
And as Gehazi left his presence, he was leprous—as white as snow.