Naaman

Naaman (also Naaman, from Hebrew: נַעֲמָן friendliness ) was, according to the Bible, a Syrian captain under King Ben Hadad, probably during the reign of Israel's King Joram. He is in the Tanakh or Old Testament in the book of the kings mentioned ( 2 Kings 5 EU). Naaman was a common name nordsyrischer.

The biblical narrative According suffered under Naaman of leprosy. His wife had a Jewish girl to heal her as a slave, who told her of a prophet in Samaria, which was capable of. Then Benhadad sent Naaman with a letter to the king of Israel ( the names of both kings are not mentioned in this report ) and asked him to liberate Naaman of leprosy. The king of Israel could not help but suspected a pretext for hostilities and panicked. When the prophet Elisha heard this he caused Naaman called to him. This came at his door until. Elisha sent a messenger out with the message that he should himself seven times in the Jordan wash ( the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, used here to wash the word baptizein, which was later written in the Greek New Testament called the Christian baptism, which also features the river Jordan is associated, so the history of Christians has often been understood as a typological anticipation of the baptism of the heathen ). Naaman was angry at first, as he had expected, the prophet himself would conduct him -consuming procedures, and was preparing to return home. On persuasion of his servants, he appeared then but seven times in the waters below, was healed and turned to the God of Elisha. This dismissed all you gifts, and sent Naaman with the blessing.

The story is significant for the relationship of Israel and his God to the other nations. It bears witness to the universality of YHWH.

The New Testament tells that Jesus had his compatriots (probably as an example of God's saving will also to people outside of Israel ) held in the synagogue of Nazareth, the example of the Syrian Naaman what their violent anger aroused ( Lk 4,27 EU).