Naaman In The Bible

The story of Naaman in the Bible is one that boils down to two basic traits: obedience and humility. The Bible concordance defines obedience being submissive to authority and following orders. Whereas humility being the state of being humble, not proud, not arrogant, having a spirit of submission or deference, and a lack of pride. These traits are something that Naaman had to learn the hard way. Obedience to God begins with humility. Naaman had to learn this lesson, and believe that God’s way was better than his own was. Naaman had to do this even though at the time he did not understand why. He thought he was better than everyone else was, and above what they told him to do, he was then knocked down off his own pedestal, and once he humbled himself and obeyed God that is when he realized that God had a better plan for him. Even though Naaman was a commander in the army of the king of Aram, he had leprosy. In that time, leprosy was a severe skin disease that was associated with moral or spiritual disease. …show more content…
“As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I god? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!” (2 Kings 5: 7 Life Application Study Bible). This all happened due to Naaman talking to his master and telling him what the young girl said. The king Aram told Naaman to go and he would send a letter. Naaman therefore went to Israel to be healed. He took with him pounds of silver, pounds of gold, and multiple sets of clothing to offer as a monetary thank you to being healed. This is just a small example of the tension between the two kings. The king of Israel felt that by Naaman coming to him to be healed of a disease that his people believed to be unclean was a threat and a approach of wanting to take over his