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Naaman dips himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh is restored like the flesh of a little child

나아만이 요단강에 일곱번 몸을 잠그고 그 살이 어린아이의 살 같이 깨끗하게 됨

2 Kings 5:8–14: when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sends to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman comes with his horses and with his chariots, and stands at the door of the house of Elisha. Elisha sends a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman was angry, and goes away and says, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’ Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. His servants come near and speak to him, and say, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” Then he goes down and dips himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. The Korean Revised Version reads 다메섹강 아마나와 바르발 at 5:12, naming the first river 아마나, where WEB reads “Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus”, and names Naaman at 5:14 (나아만이 이에 내려가서), where WEB reads “Then went he down”.

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2KI 5:8–14, engwebp
⁸It was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”
⁹So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
¹⁰Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.”
¹¹But Naaman was angry, and went away and said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’
¹²Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
¹³His servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
¹⁴Then went he down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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Elisha (the prophet) — Took part in — Naaman dips himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh is restored like the flesh of a little child

Evidence: 2 Kings 5:8–14
Naaman the Syrian — Took part in — Naaman dips himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh is restored like the flesh of a little child

Evidence: 2 Kings 5:8–14
Naaman dips himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh is restored like the flesh of a little child — Narrated location — the Jordan

Evidence: 2 Kings 5:8–14

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Entry: Naaman dips himself seven times in the Jordan, and his flesh is restored like the flesh of a little child (event-2ki-5-naaman-dips-himself-seven-times-in-the-jordan)
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Current wording: 2 Kings 5:8–14: when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sends to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman comes with his horses and with his chariots, and stands at the door of the house of Elisha. Elisha sends a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman was angry, and goes away and says, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leper.’ Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. His servants come near and speak to him, and say, “My father, if the prophet had asked you do some great thing, wouldn’t you have done it? How much rather then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” Then he goes down and dips himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. The Korean Revised Version reads 다메섹강 아마나와 바르발 at 5:12, naming the first river 아마나, where WEB reads “Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus”, and names Naaman at 5:14 (나아만이 이에 내려가서), where WEB reads “Then went he down”.
Cited evidence: 2KI 5:8–14, engwebp
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