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(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
2 Kings 5:15–19, “And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.”
Naaman was surprised to find that he had been healed of his leprosy so he came back to thank Elisha for what he had done. The general understood that this had come from the Lord God and wanted to tell the prophet that the Lord God was the only God for him, the God Who ruled in heaven and on the earth. Naaman wanted to give Elisha many gifts but Elisha didn’t want any gifts for himself because he knew that the Lord had healed Naaman and the Lord also provided for all his needs. Naaman then asked for some earth from Israel so that he could build an altar in his homeland and worship the Lord on that altar. One of Naaman’s jobs was to go to the temple of the Syrian god with the king and he asked for forgiveness for going to a god whom he now knew to be false.
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