14Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him.
And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-14)We have here the cure of Naaman’s leprosy. I. The short and plain direction which the prophet gave him, with assurance of success. Naaman designed to do honour to Elisha when he came in his chariot, and with all his retinue, to Elisha’s door, 2 Kgs. 5:9. Those that showed little respect to prophets at other times were very complaisant to them when they needed them. He attended at Elisha’s door as…
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