²⁴ When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the Lord will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.’^(A)

¹⁶ But Elisha said, ‘As the Lord lives,^(A) in whose presence I stand, I will not accept it.’^(B) Naaman urged him to accept it, but he refused.

¹⁷ Naaman responded, ‘If not, please let your servant be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry,^(C) for your servant will no longer offer a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the Lord.^(D)