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Naaman

Syrian commander

Commander from Syria healed through .

11 appearances2 Bible books1 known aliases

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Commander of the army of the king of , a great man and a leper, whose servant girl tells his wife of a prophet in . After being told by through a messenger to wash seven times in the , he initially rages at the indignity but relents at his servants' urging and is cleansed. He returns to confess that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel and asks for two mule-loads of Israelite earth to take home. later cites his story in the synagogue at .

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