Elisha and Naaman the Syrian

The Syrian king wanted to help a captain in his army called Naaman, who suffered from leprosy. He sent Naaman to see Elisha, who told him to wash seven times in the Jordan. Naaman was disappointed at this simple remedy, but his cure quite changed his mind, and he converted to Judaism.

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