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15 Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company; he came and stood before him and said, ‘Now I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel; please accept a present from your servant.’ ¹⁶But he said, ‘As the Lord lives, whom I serve, I will accept nothing!’ He urged him to accept, but he refused. ¹⁷Then Naaman said, ‘If not, please let two mule-loads of earth be given to your servant; for your servant will no longer offer burnt-offering or sacrifice to any god except the Lord. ¹⁸But may the Lord pardon your servant on one count: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow down in the house of Rimmon, when I do bow down in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant on this one count.’ ¹⁹He said to him, ‘Go in peace.’

Gehazi’s Greed

But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance,