So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.
Ver. 9. And stood at the door.] Where the prophet held him; not out of pride, - as that Pope did the emperor whom he made to wait three days at his gate in the depth of winter ere he would admit him, - but humility rather: that God might have the whole glory of all the cure. Hereby also Naaman's pride was pulled down, and he the better prepared for such a miraculous mercy.