Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble, and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today was so good.

Elisha the prophet is still working miracles to display God's character, and there's so much of it to see.

Our first story is of a Syrian military commander named Naiman. Before he ever comes into a relationship

with God, God has his hand on his life. God grants him military victories, which wouldn't sound

odd if he were an Israelite, but he's not. He's actually one of Israel's enemies. Just a few days ago, Israel and

Judah were at war with Syria. In fact, in one of Syria's raids on Israel, Naman captured a girl

and brought her back to serve his family. She just so happened to mention that she knows a guy

who can heal Naman of his pesky leprosy. Naman gets permission from the Syrian king to go seek healing, but Naiman has to run things

past the king of Israel, too. He's an enemy, after all. What kind of king grants an enemy

the right to get healed in their country? Israel. But the king of Israel doesn't actually

think healing is possible. In fact, he thinks the request

is so preposterous that Neiman must actually be trying to pick a fight. But Elisha finds out

about it, knows it's legit, and sins for Neiman. Elisha gives Neiman some unconventional advice

for healing. Naiman is used to healing rituals performed by pagans, so when Elisha tells him to take

seven baths and in a filthy river, no less, he's furious.

He's come all this way to get a lesson on hygiene, but his servants are like, hey, what have

you got to lose?

And it turns out that all he had to lose was his leprosy.

He's healed.

He comes back to give Elisha a thank you gift, but he turns it down. And in connection with this thank you

gift to Elisha, Neiman also has a thank you gift to God, repentance. He confesses that he believes

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