Naaman’s unnamed wife’s unnamed young maid, captured from Israel by the Syrians, implored that Naaman seek healing from the prophet Elisha. He did and eventually healed. Lesser known, perhaps, is the ...

Naaman seeks a cure for his leprosy from the “man of God,” Elisha, successor to Elijah as “prophet in Israel” (2 Kings 5:8). The Syrian is willing to make a long and difficult journey to ...

Apparently, Naaman was too valuable for that. One day, the Hebrew child tells Naaman’s wife about a prophet in Israel who can cure leprosy. Naaman goes to the king, who immediately writes a ...

When the prophet Elisha heard, he responded to the king. “Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” (2 Kings 5:8) Naaman came to Elisha’s house.

Generals come and go. Elisha sent word to Naaman to, in effect, “take two aspirin and call me in the morning.” Actually, he told Naaman to go dip seven times in the Jordan, that boundary marker that ...

Naaman was furious with the message and turned away in a rage. His pride was bruised because he expected Elisha to greet him, lay hands on him and miraculously heal the leprosy.

She enthusiastically recommended that Naaman go see a prophet named Elisha for help. So Naaman asked his king for permission. The king agreed, even sending a letter to the Israelite ruler, ...