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2 Kings 5:15

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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.

Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”

16 But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.

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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BSB
Then Naaman and all his attendants went back to the man of God, stood before him, and declared, “Now I know for sure that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel. So please accept a gift from your servant.”
KJV
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: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant.
WEB
He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, “See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel. Now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”
ASV
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: now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.
DARBY
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came and stood before him; and he said, Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.
BLB
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his camp, and came and stood before his face, and he said, “Behold, now I know that [there is] no God in all the earth for but in Israel. And now take please a gift from your servant.”
ÅB
Og han vendte tilbake til den Guds mann med hele sitt følge, og da han kom dit, trådte han fram for ham og sa: Nå vet jeg at det ikke er noen Gud på hele jorden uten i Israel; sa ta nå imot en gave av din tjener!
OTB
Da vendte han tilbake til Guds mann med hele sitt følge, og kom og sto foran ham. Og han erklærte, “Se nå, jeg vet at det ikke er noen Gud på hele jorden, unntatt i Israel; så vær så snill å ta imot en gave fra din tjener nå.”
B1930
Og han vendte tilbake til den Guds mann med hele sitt følge, og da han kom dit, trådte han frem for ham og sa: Nu vet jeg at det ikke er nogen Gud på hele jorden uten i Israel; sa ta nu imot en gave av din tjener!

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Cross references

  • Daniel 2:47

    The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

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  • Daniel 6:26–27

    I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.

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  • Joshua 2:9–11

    and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.

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  • 2 Kings 5:8

    Now when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent a message to the king: “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let the man come to me, and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

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  • Isaiah 44:8

    Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”

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  • 1 Samuel 17:46–47

    This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.

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  • Isaiah 44:6

    Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

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  • Isaiah 45:6

    so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.

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