A Girl Helps a Mighty Man

There is a little girl telling a lady about Jehovah's prophet E-li'sha, and the wonderful things that Jehovah helps him do. The lady does not know about Jehovah because she is not an Israelite. Let's see, then, why the girl is in the lady's home.

The lady is a Syrian. Her husband is Na'a-man, the chief of the Syrian army. The Syrians had captured this little Israelite girl, and she was brought to Na'a-man's  wife to be her servant.

Na'a-man wants very much to be healed; so he decides to go to Israel.  When he gets there, he goes to E-li'sha's house.  E-li'sha has his servant go out and tell Na'a-man to go wash in the Jordan River seven times.  This makes Na'a-man very angry, and he says:  "The rivers back home are better than any river in Israel!'  After saying this, Na'a-man leaves.

Next time: Conclusion of  A Girl Helps a Mighty Man

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