But Naaman became furious,
And went away
And said,
'Indeed,'
I said to myself,
'He will surely
Come out to me,
And stand
And call on the name
Of the Lord his God,
And wave his hand
Over the place,
And heal the leprosy.
Are not the Abanah
And the Pharpar,
The rivers of Damascus,
Better than all
The waters of Israel?
Could I not
Wash in them
And be clean?'
So he turned
And went away in a rage.
And his servants came near
And spoke to him,
And said,
'My father,
If the prophet
Had told you
To do something great,
Would you not
Have done it?
How much more then,
When he says to you,
'Wash,
And be clean?' '
So he went down
And dipped 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."2 Kings 5:1-14
Initially,
Naaman's strategy
To conquer leprosy
Revolved around a plan
Where everyone
Was focused on himself.
First there was the king
Who knew how much
He needed Naaman.
For he knew how much