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2 Kings 5:11

But Naaman was angry and went away and said, I had the idea that he would come out to see such an important person as I am, and make prayer to the Lord his God, and with a wave of his hand over the place make the leper well.

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In The King James Version

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

In Context

10And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.

12Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.

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Cross References

2 Kings 4:5So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.

Proverbs 3:7Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

Isaiah 55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, or your ways my ways, says the Lord.

Matthew 15:27But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.

Luke 14:11For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.

John 6:66Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 5:10-15

The Cure of Naaman's Leprosy. ( b. c. 894.) 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not… Read the whole commentary →

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