Naaman (NAY-uh-muhn) is remembered in Scripture through choices and relationships that still deserve careful reading.
Birth year: Unknown.
Death year: Unknown.
Active during: The ninth century BC, during the ministry of Elisha.
Home region: Aram, centered on Damascus; healed at the Jordan River.
Main passages: 2 Kings 5:1–27.
Story and role
Naaman was commander of the army of Aram. Though powerful and respected, he suffered from a serious skin disease and was directed by an Israelite servant girl to the prophet Elisha.
What the record preserves
The biblical passages show the choices, relationships, and consequences that made Naaman part of the larger story. They should be read in context rather than reduced to a single label.
Limits of the evidence
The text names the Jordan but not the exact place where Naaman washed. His disease should not be equated automatically with modern Hansen’s disease.
Explore the places connected with Naaman on a modern reference map.