Midrash for II Kings 5:15
וַיָּשָׁב֩ אֶל־אִ֨ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים ה֣וּא וְכָֽל־מַחֲנֵ֗הוּ וַיָּבֹא֮ וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד לְפָנָיו֒ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּה־נָ֤א יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּכָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֖י אִם־בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְעַתָּ֛ה קַח־נָ֥א בְרָכָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ת עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said: ‘Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; now therefore, I pray thee, take a present of thy servant.’
Devarim Rabbah
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Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael
(Ibid. 11) "Now I know that greater is the L rd than all the gods": Until now he had not conceded anything to Him. "that the L rd is greater": They said: In the beginning there was no slave that could escape from Egypt, it being entirely sealed off, and now He has taken six hundred thousand men out of Egypt! "than all the gods": They said: There was no idolatry in the world that Yithro did not come across and did not worship, viz.: "than all the gods. And Na'aman was even more conceding in this regard than he, viz. (II Kings 5:15) "Now I know that there is no G d in all the land, but only in Israel." And thus, Rachav the harlot (Joshua 2:11) "for the L rd your G d is the G d in the heavens above and on the earth below."
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