12 Are not Abana[a] and Pharpar, the rivers of (A)Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 But his servants came near and said to him, (B)“My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, (C)and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, (D)and he was clean.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:12 Or Amana

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters(A) of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.(B)

13 Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father,(C) 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’!” 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times,(D) as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored(E) and became clean like that of a young boy.(F)

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