Abana: River of Damascus
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2 Kings 5:12
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
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Strong's Hebrew
71. Abanah -- a river near Damascus
... Abana. Perhaps feminine of 'eben; stony; Abanah, a river near Damascus -- Abana.
Compare 'Amanah. see HEBREW 'eben. see HEBREW 'Amanah. 70, 71. Abanah. 72 ...
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Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed
... said, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than ... At any rate, Abana
and Pharpar are cleaner and wider ... it seems to be but a dead river at the ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/mr evil-questioning tried and executed.htm

A Little Jewish Maid.
... Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than ... Why should he bathe in
the Jordan River, where the ... when he had his own rivers of Abana the golden ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/a little jewish maid.htm

A Little Maid
... Jordan in a scornful way, comparing them with his splendid Damascus, and its green,
beautiful plain, thirty miles wide, and the great river Abana, that gushed ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/a little maid.htm

Naaman the Syrian
... Why, we call the river Jordan a ditch in our country ... fancy Naaman's indignation as
he asks, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than ...
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The Christian Described
... for thy want of goodness and works, let that by no means daunt thee; this is a river
of water ... Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than ...
/.../bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xii the christian described.htm

The Water of Life;
... directions amply given to the pilgrim to guide him in his progress to the celestial
city; and he now introduces us to a majestic overflowing river, 'The Water ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the water of life.htm

Tiglath-Pileser iii. And the Organisation of the Assyrian Empire ...
... towns which commanded a road or mountain pass, the ford of a river, or the ... portions
of their territory which lay exposed to the attacks of Damascus, Moab, Edom ...
/.../chapter iitiglath-pileser iii and the.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... around Damascus a miniature delta, into which a thousand interlacing channels carry
refreshment and fertility. Below the town these streams rejoin the river, ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... 'Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel;
may I not wash in them and be clean?' saith he (2 Kings 5:10-12). ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

Resources
What is the significance of Damascus in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What can we learn from the story of Elisha and Naaman? | GotQuestions.org

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