COMMENTARY

2 Kings 5:1-15
General Naaman of Syria is healed of leprosy by obeying Elisha's order to bathe in the Jordan. The confession of faith by an unknown Jewish slave girl in the home of Syria's chief of staff results in the cure of leprosy for her master, Naaman. On the basis of the confession Naaman goes to Israel. When Elisha the prophet orders him to wash in the Jordan seven times, he goes off in a rage feeling insulted. But his aides convince him to stay. Naaman then dips himself in the Jordan and comes out clean of his leprosy. With gratitude he and his company go to Elisha to declare that now he knows that God is the one and only God. The story tells us that the power of healing is not in military might, governmental power, but in trust in God's Word spoken by God's prophet.…