CHAPTER VII: ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS [7]66

THE STORY OF NAAMAN [6]50

The little maid--The leper--Letter of Benhadad to Jehoram--His indignation--Elisha's message--Naaman's disappointment and anger--His servants--His healing--His gratitude--Bowing in the house of Rimmon--Mean cupidity of Gehazi--Stricken with leprosy--The axe-head.

ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS [7]66

Syrian marauders--They are baffled--Anger of Benhadad--The vision at Dothan--Meaning of the promises--How fulfilled to God's saints on earth--Some are delivered, some are not--Elisha misleads the Syrians--His generosity to them--Its effects--A fresh Syrian invasion.