The Healing of Naaman

The healing of Naaman, the Syrian leper, was one of the most notable and impressive miracles wrought by Elisha. When Naaman finally surrendered to the Lord’s way, as declared by Elisha, he was healed. “His flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel.” 2 Kings 5:14, 15. And he “returned to his Syrian home, healed in body and converted in spirit.” Prophets and Kings, 252.AGP 113.3

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“The story of Naaman,’ says Menken, ‘is a worthy part of the history of those revelations and manifestations of the living God which, in their connection and continuation through many centuries, and in their tendency towards one goal and object, were designed to plant upon earth the knowledge and the worship of the true God! But it offers besides to our consideration a rich store of reflections, in which neither heart nor understanding can refuse a willing participation.’” “The Pulpit Commentary,” on 2 Kings 99.

Elisha succeeded Elijah as head of the schools of the prophets. He visited them, instructed the leaders and students, joined them in manual labor, and wrought miracles for them in their pressing needs and serious difficulties.AGP 114.1