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Wash in Jordan
2 Kings 5
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This song belongs to the 2 Kings collection. 8 recordings are available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.
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Named in this songNaamanJordanElisha
About the passage
2 Kings 5: The commander is cleansed; the servant goes out diseased
Naaman's healing begins with a contradiction the chapter refuses to flatten: he is Syria's honored commander, a man through whom the LORD has given victory, and he is also afflicted with leprosy. The person who knows where help can be found is a captive Israelite girl in his household. Royal channels then misroute that knowledge into a diplomatic crisis before Elisha brings Naaman to his own door and refuses to perform the ceremony the commander has imagined. Servants persuade Naaman to do the simple thing, and the man who arrived in rank and rage returns cleansed and confessing the God of Israel. Elisha refuses payment, leaving Naaman to name the complications of returning to Syrian service. Gehazi then reverses the chapter's movement. He secretly collects what Elisha rejected, lies about it, and walks out bearing the affliction that had left Naaman. The foreign commander is cleansed; the prophet's servant ends diseased.
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