He told his servant Gehazi, &#8220;Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.&#8221;<n id="1" /> So he did so and she came to him.<n id="2" />

But Elisha<n id="1" /> replied, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> lives (whom I serve),<n id="2" /> I will take nothing from you.&#8221; Naaman<n id="3" /> insisted that he take it, but he refused.

He did evil in the sight of<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him.

Jehoiachin<n id="1" /> took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king&#8217;s presence for the rest of his life.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him<n id="1" /> and he told his servant, &#8220;Put the big pot on the fire<n id="2" /> and boil some stew for the prophets.&#8221;<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">They were absolutely terrified<n id="1" /> and said, &#8220;Look, two kings could not stop him!<n id="2" /> How can we?&#8221;<n id="3" />

He trusted in the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after.<n id="1" />

Elisha said, &#8220;As certainly as the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all <n id="1" /> lives (whom I serve),<n id="2" /> if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah,<n id="3" /> I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman<n id="1" /> came and stood before him. He said, &#8220;For sure<n id="2" /> I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.&#8221;

Naaman said, &#8220;Please accept two talents of silver.<n id="1" /> He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi.<n id="2" />

So Hazael went to visit Elisha.<n id="1" /> He took along a gift,<n id="2" /> as well as<n id="3" /> forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, &#8220;Your son,<n id="4" /> King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,<n id="5" /> &#8216;Will I recover from this sickness?&#8217;&#8221;

&#8220;King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins.<n id="1" /> He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols.<n id="2" />

No king before or after repented before the <sc>Lordsc> as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses.<n id="1" />p>