2 King 5:1-7: ““Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a
great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory
to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor but a leper. And the Syrians had gone out on raids,
and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on
Naaman’s wife. Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is
in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” And Naaman went in and told his master,
saying, “This is what the girl from the land of Israel said.” Then the king of Syria said, “Go
now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman departed. He took with him ten
talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. Then he brought the
letter to the king of Israel, which said, Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have
sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy. And it happened, when the
king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make
alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore please consider, and
see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”