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12 Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, are better than all the water in Israel. Why can’t I wash in those rivers in Damascus and become clean?” He was very angry and turned to leave.

13 But Naaman’s servants went to him and talked to him. They said, “Father,[a] if the prophet told you to do some great thing, you would do it, isn’t that right? But he said, ‘Wash, and you will be pure and clean.’”

14 So Naaman did what the man of God said. He went down and dipped himself in the Jordan River seven times, and he became pure and clean. His skin became soft like the skin of a baby.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 5:13 Father Slaves often called their masters “father,” and the masters often called their slaves “children.”

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