2 Kings 5:1-4 ▼

1 Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the opinion of his master. He was highly favored, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. Though he was a mighty and valiant man, he was suffering from leprosy.

2 On one of their raids to the territory of Israel, Aram had taken captive a young girl when she was an infant, who had eventually become an attendant to Naaman's wife.

3 She mentioned to her mistress, |If only my master were to visit the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.|

4 Later, Naaman went to inform his master and told him something like this: |Thus and so spoke the young woman from the territory of Israel.|