2 Kings 5:12

¹⁰ Then Elisha sent him a messenger, who said, “Go and wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored, and you will be clean.”

¹¹ But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure my leprosy.

Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.

¹³ Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”

¹⁴ So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
KJV: Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
WEB: 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.
ASV: Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
DARBY: Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean? And he turned and went away in a rage.
BLB: Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could not I wash in them and be clean?” And he turned and went away in a rage.

ÅB: Er ikke elvene ved Damaskus, Abana og Parpar, bedre enn alle Israels vann? Kunne jeg ikke bade meg i dem og bli ren? Og han vendte om og dro bort i vrede.
OTB: Er ikke Abana og Parpar, elvene i Damaskus, bedre enn alle vannene i Israel? Kunne jeg ikke vaske meg i dem og bli ren?” Så vendte han seg bort og gikk i sinne.
B1930: Er ikke elvene ved Damaskus, Abana og Parpar, bedre enn alle Israels vann? Kunde jeg ikke bade mig i dem og bli ren? Og han vendte om og drog bort i vrede.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Mark 1:9
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
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Joshua 3:15–17
Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge,
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2 Kings 2:14
Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.
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2 Kings 5:17
“If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
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Proverbs 19:11
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
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Zechariah 13:1
“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
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Ezekiel 47:1–8
Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
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Proverbs 14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
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