2 Raja-raja 5:15-19

5:15 He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman ¹  came and stood before him. He said, “For sure ²  I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant.” 5:16 But Elisha ³  replied, “As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), ⁴  I will take nothing from you.” Naaman ⁵  insisted that he take it, but he refused. 5:17 Naaman said, “If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, ⁶  for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. ⁷  5:18 May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this.” ⁸  5:19 Elisha ⁹  said to him, “Go in peace.”

When he had gone a short distance, ¹⁰ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “look.”

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Naaman) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [if] not, may there be given to your servant a load [for] a pair of mules, earth.”

[5:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “for your servant will not again make a burnt offering and sacrifice to other gods, only to the Lord.”

[5:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “When my master enters the house of Rimmon to bow down there, and he leans on my hand and I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, when I bow down [in] the house of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this thing.”

[5:18]  sn Rimmon was the Syrian storm god. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.

[5:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he went from him a distance of land.” The precise meaning of כִּבְרַה (kivrah) “distance,” is uncertain. See BDB 460 s.v. כִּבְרַה, and HALOT 459-60 s.v. II *כְּבָרַה, and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 65.