2 Kings 5:3

5:3 She told her mistress, “If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! ¹  Then he would cure him of his skin disease.”

2 Kings 5:7-8

5:7 When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? ²  Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!” ³ 

5:8 When Elisha the prophet ⁴  heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, “Why did you tear your clothes? Send him ⁵  to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel.”

2 Kings 5:14

5:14 So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. ⁶  His skin became as smooth as a young child’s ⁷  and he was healed.

¹ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

² tn Heb “Am I God, killing and restoring life, that this one sends to me to cure a man from his skin disease?” In the Hebrew text this is one lengthy rhetorical question, which has been divided up in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “Indeed, know and see that he is seeking an occasion with respect to me.”

⁴ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 15, 20).

⁵ tn Heb “Let him come.”

⁶ tn Heb “according to the word of the man of God.”

⁷ tn Heb “and his skin was restored, like the skin of a small child.”