1. Naaman, commander of the army for the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded because through him, the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was a brave warrior, but he had a skin disease.
2. Aram had gone on raids and brought back from the land of Israel a young girl who served Naaman’s wife.
3. She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his skin disease.”