 | James Sigston - 1836 - 354 pages
...and address were perfectly natural when he said, " Behold I thought, he will surely come out to me. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" And the arguments of his servants were inspired by heaven : they said, "My father,... | |
 | Ern. Frid. Car Rosenmüller - 1836 - 706 pages
...general, to bathe in the Jordan, that he might be cleansed from his leprosy ; but Naaman replied : " Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" The Pharpar M is very probably the same river as that now called the Fidsheh.56... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...call on the name of the LOUD his God, and "strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 t with a loud voice ; and many shouted aloud for joy : 13 waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage Heb.... | |
 | Henry Bannerman, Henry Grew - 1838 - 238 pages
...would a master think of a man eating of a little fruit. Are not a few drops as good as a fountain ? ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?' Ah ! proud reason of mortal man ! when wilt thou know thy place ? When wilt thou... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1838 - 264 pages
...believe it ; for he knew not the power of that God to whom all things are possible ; and he said, " 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 away in a rage. His servants... | |
 | William Fleming - 1838 - 612 pages
...wash in the river Jordan seven times and he would be cured of his leprosy, indignantly exclaimed, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean У 2 Kings v. 12. Those two rivers, or rather... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1838 - 366 pages
...be left to choose his own river, and to wash in that which, for any reason, might please him best ? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them, and be clean ?' If the prophet had left the choice of the... | |
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1838 - 416 pages
...spirit of Naaman's servants showed more true wisdom than their master's foolish and petulant question, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean ?" No, he could not ; it was not the river of... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 524 pages
...Elijah to wash himself in the Jordan seven times that he might be cleansed of his leprosy, replying— " 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." * Turning... | |
 | Charles Greenstreet Addison - 1838 - 290 pages
...to wash himself in the Jordan seven times that he might be cleansed of his leprosy, replying — " 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."* Turning... | |
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Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean? 
