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, Naiman 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 Naiman of his pesky leprosy.

Naiman gets permission from the Syrian king to go seek healing, but

Neiman 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.

Neiman 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,

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