Naaman
    pleasantness, a Syrian, the commander of the armies of Benhadad
    II. in the time of Joram, king of Israel. He was afflicted with
    leprosy; and when the little Hebrew slave-girl that waited on
    his wife told her of a prophet in Samaria who could cure her
    master, he obtained a letter from Benhadad and proceeded with it
    to Joram. The king of Israel suspected in this some evil design
    against him, and rent his clothes. Elisha the prophet hearing of
    this, sent for Naaman, and the strange interview which took
    place is recorded in 2 Kings 5. The narrative contains all that
    is known of the Syrian commander. He was cured of his leprosy by
    dipping himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word
    of Elisha. His cure is alluded to by our Lord (Luke 4:27).