The Details:
1.Naaman is captain of the host of the king of Syria
2.He is a mighty man of valor, but is a leper
3.A captive Israelite maid waits on Naaman's wife
4.She tells her mistress that that if Naaman went to the prophet he would be healed
5.Someone tells the Naaman what the maid said
6.The King of Syria tells Naaman to go
7.The King sends a letter to the King of Israel, 10 talents of silver, 6000 gold pieces, and 10 changes of raiment
8.The servant brings the letter to the King of Israel asking him to recover Naaman of his leprosy
9.The King of Israel rends his clothes, saying “Am I God?” He thinks the King of Syria is seeking a quarrel against him.
10.Elisha hears of the king's predicament, he requests that the man be sent to him, that “he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
11.Naaman comes with his horses and chariots to the door of the house of Elisha.
12.Elisha sends a messenger telling him to wash in the river Jordan seven times and he will be clean.
13.Naaman is wroth because Elisha didn't come out to heal him.
14.He says that Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus are better, leaves in a rage.
15.Servants bid him to wash telling him “if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? How much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean”
16.Naaman goes down to the river, dips himself 7 times, then is cleansed.
17.Naaman returns to the prophet, tells him he knows there is no God in all the earth but the God of Israel.
18.Naaman offers a reward to Elisha, it is refused
19.Gehazi runs after Naaman and asks for a talent of silver and two changes of garments
20.Naaman gives him two talents of silver and two changes of garments
21.Gehazi returns to Elisha who tells him, “It is not a time to receive money”
22.Gehazi is cursed with leprosy the rest of his life.
The verse:
Now Naaman was a captain and a strong and mighty man
Who served the king of Syria, he was his right hand man
But Naaman had a skin disease, it looked like salt and pepper
It was severe and threatening, for Naaman was a leper
A captive maid of Israel did wait on Naaman's wife
And told her of a prophet who could better Naaman's life
The servant girl's belief was strong, her faith she then revealed
If Naaman saw this man of God he surely would be healed
The word got out to Naaman, what the servant maid did know
And the Syrian King did tell to Captain Naaman he should go
A letter he composed and sent a servant for to bring
Along with silver, gold, and raiment gifts for Israel's king.
Then the king read the message that was written in the letter
And then he rent his clothes, saying “Am I God, to make him better?”
He thought the king of Syria was looking for a way
To start an argument with him so they could fight another day
Well Elisha was the prophet and he heard about the clatter
So he asked Naaman to come to him and see about the matter
For the Lord had the power that would surely make him well
Then he'd know God had a prophet in the land of Israel
Then Naaman with his horses and his chariots did come
To the place where lived Elisha where the work of God was done
A messenger came out to him and told him he'd be fine
If in the flowing Jordan river he would wash seven times
Mighty Naaman was insulted that Elijah didn't bring
The message out to him himself, he was a captain of the king
The rivers of Damascus, both Abana and Pharpar
Could wash cleaner than the Jordan,likely cleaner by way far
Bathing seven times, though simple, for a man of Naaman's age
Didn't seem the thing to heal him, and he flew into a rage
Then his servants came unto him and encouraged him to wash
They did not see how his washing there would put him at a loss
“If the prophet bid thee do great things, thou certainly had done it
But now the thing that he commands, you must not now run from it”
So then Naaman thought about it and he then did change his mind
And he went down to the river and he dipped in seven times
His joy did overflow as all his leprosy was cleansed
He realized Elisha's God on Him he could depend
He went to pay the prophet for the services he'd used
While Elisha very firmly the reward he did refuse
Then Gehazi who was standing by, did run to Naamans side
And did ask for the reward that the great prophet had denied
Then Naaman gave him raiment and a sum of talents, two
And Gehazi took them back to ask Elisha what to do
But the prophet wasn't happy that he'd asked for a reward
He knew service for money was displeasing to the Lord
To the people it was common, twas a habit that was rife
But Gehazi became leprous for the rest of his life
