SEVEN DUCKS IN MUDDY WATER
2 Kings 5:2-16
2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away
captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on
Naaman's wife. 3 And she said unto her mistress, Would God my
lord [were] with the prophet that [is] in Samaria! for he would
recover him of his leprosy. 4 And [one] went in, and told his
lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that [is] of the land of
Israel. 5 And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send
a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with
him ten talents of silver, and six thousand [pieces] of gold, and
ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king
of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold,
I have [therewith] sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou
mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7 And it came to pass, when
the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes,
and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man
doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore
consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
8 And it was [so], when Elisha the man of God had heard that the
king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king,
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to
me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. 9 So
Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the
door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto
him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh
shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman
was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will
surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD
his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the
leper. 12 [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. 13 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? 14 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. 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his
company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now
I know that [there is] no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now
therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. 16 But he
said, [As] the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive
none. And he urged him to take [it]; but he refused.
Question:
How many ducks under the water did it take before the man was
healed? "Seven ducks in muddy water."
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