5:10 Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, “Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored 1 and you will be healed.”
5:11 Naaman went away angry. He said, “Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease.
5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! 2 Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.
1 tnHeb “will return to you.”
2 tnHeb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.