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2 Kings 5:17-19
International Children’s Bible
2 Kings 5:17-19
International Children’s Bible
17 Then Naaman said, “If you won’t take the gift, then please give me some dirt. Give me as much as two of my mules can carry. From now on I’ll not offer any burnt offering or sacrifice to any other gods. I’ll only offer sacrifices to the Lord. 18 But let the Lord pardon me for this: My master goes into the temple of Rimmon[a] to worship. When he goes, he will lean on my arm. Then I must bow in that temple. May the Lord pardon me when I do that.”
19 Elisha said to him, “Go in peace.”
Naaman left Elisha and went a short way.
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- 5:18 temple of Rimmon The place where the Aramean people worshiped the false god Rimmon.
2 Kings 5:17-19
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2 Kings 5:17-19
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17 “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much earth(A) as a pair of mules can carry, for your servant will never again make burnt offerings and sacrifices to any other god but the Lord. 18 But may the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning(B) on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.”
19 “Go in peace,”(C) Elisha said.
After Naaman had traveled some distance,
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