2Ki 5:1, 27, 7:3-4, 15:5, 2Ch 26:19-21, Luk 4:27, 17:12-19 | ESV | STEP | Naaman , commander of the army of the king of Syria , was a great man with his master and in high favor , because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria . He was a mighty man of valor , but he was a leper .

2 Kings 5:1

Naaman Healed of Leprosy

1 ^aNaaman, ^bcommander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13}

2 Kings 5:27

27 Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever.” So he went out from his presence ^da leper, like snow.

2 Kings 7:3-4

The Syrians Flee

3 Now there were four men who were lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} ^fat the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die? 4 If we say, ‘Let us enter the city,’ the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the camp of the Syrians. If they spare our lives we shall live, and if they kill us we shall but die.”

2 Kings 15:5

5 ^gAnd the Lord touched the king, so that he was a leper ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} to the day of his death, ⁱand he lived in a separate house. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} And Jotham the king’s son was over the household, governing the people of the land.

2 Chronicles 26:19-21

19 Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, ^kleprosy ^{▼▼ Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the Lord, by the altar of incense. 20 And Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous in his forehead! And they rushed him out quickly, and he himself hurried to go out, because the Lord had struck him. 21 ^mAnd King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and being a leper lived ⁿin a separate house, for he was excluded from the house of the Lord. And Jotham his son was over the king’s household, governing the people of the land.

Luke 4:27

27 And ^othere were many lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, and none of them was cleansed, ^qbut only Naaman the Syrian.”

Luke 17:12-19

12 And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} ^swho stood at a distance 13 and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” 14 When he saw them he said to them, “Go and ^tshow yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, ^upraising God with a loud voice; 16 and ^vhe fell on his face at Jesus’ feet, giving him thanks. Now he was ^wa Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus answered, “Were not ^xten cleansed? Where are the nine? 18 Was no one found to return and ^ygive praise to God except this ^zforeigner?” 19 And he said to him, “Rise and go your way; ^aayour faith has ^abmade you well.” ^{▼▼Or has saved you}