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2 Kings 5:15-17
Living Bible
2 Kings 5:15-17
Living Bible
15 Then he and his entire party went back to find the prophet; they stood humbly before him and Naaman said, “I know at last that there is no God in all the world except in Israel; now please accept my gifts.”
16 But Elisha replied, “I swear by Jehovah my God that I will not accept them.”
Naaman urged him to take them, but he absolutely refused. 17 “Well,” Naaman said, “all right. But please give me two muleloads of earth to take back with me, for from now on I will never again offer any burnt offerings or sacrifices to any other god except the Lord.[a]
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- 2 Kings 5:17 two muleloads of earth, etc. Thus, even in a foreign land Naaman could worship God on Israel’s soil.
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