World English Bible
2 Kings 5:16
“But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 5
Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
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.
But he said, "As Yahweh lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.
Naaman said, "If not, then, please let there be given to your servant two mules' burden of earth; for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to Yahweh.
In this thing may Yahweh pardon your servan: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon. When I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, may Yahweh pardon your servant in this thing.
About 2 Kings
The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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