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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?.... Abana is, in the marginal…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The Abana is the Barada, or true river of Damascus, which, rising in the anti-Libanus, flows westward from its foot and…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Are not Abana and Pharpar - At present these rivers do not exist by these names; and where they are we know not; nor…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 5:9-14
We have here the cure of Naaman's leprosy.
I. The short and plain direction which the prophet gave him, with assurance…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
Are not Abana[R.V. Abanah] and Pharpar, rivers[R.V. the rivers] of Damascus There is a marginal reading Amanahin the…
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