12:005:016 But he said, As the lord liveth, before
whom I stand, I will
receive
none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
12:005:017 And Naaman said, Shall there not then,
I pray thee, be given
to
thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy
servant
will
henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice
unto
other gods, but unto the lord.
12:005:018 In this thing the lord pardon thy
servant, that when my master
goeth
into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he
leaneth
on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon:
when
I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the lord
pardon
thy
servant in this thing.
12:005:019 And he said unto him, Go in peace.
So he departed from him a
little
way.
12:005:020 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man
of God, said,
Behold,
my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not
receiving
at his hands that which he brought: but, as the
lord
liveth,
I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
12:005:021 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And
when Naaman saw him
running
after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet
him,
and said, Is all well?
12:005:022 And he said, All is well. My master
hath sent me, saying,
Behold,
even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two
young
men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I
pray thee,
a
talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
12:005:023 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents.
And he urged
him,
and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two
changes
of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants;
and
they bare them before him.
12:005:024 And when he came to the tower, he took
them from their hand,
and
bestowed them in the house: and he let the men
go, and
they
departed.
12:005:025 But he went in, and stood before his master.
And Elisha said
unto
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said,
Thy servant
went
no whither.
12:005:026 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart
with thee, when the
man
turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is
it a time
to
receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards,
and
vineyards,
and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and
maidservants?
12:005:027 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave
unto thee, and
unto
thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence
a
leper
as white as snow.
12:006:001 And the sons of the prophets said unto
Elisha, Behold now, the
place
where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.


