Are not Abana

And Pharpar,

Rivers of Damascus,

Better than all

The waters of Israel?

May I not

Wash in them,

And be clean?'

So he turned

And went away in a rage.

And his servants came near,

And spake unto him,

And said,

'My father,

If the prophet

Had bid thee

Do some great thing,

Wouldest thou not

Have done it?

How much rather then,

When he saith to thee,

'Wash,

And be clean?' '

Then went he down,

And dipped himself

Seven times in Jordan,

According to the saying

Of the man of God:

And his flesh came again

Like unto 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,

Because he knew how much

His future hinged,

On Naaman's finding

Better health.

And then there were

The subjects of the king,

Who also knew how much

They needed Naaman.

Because they knew

That if he died,