 | James Sigston - Methodism - 1830 - 256 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 1" And the arguments of his servants were inspired by Heaven : they said, " My father,... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Sermons, American - 1830 - 492 pages
...I thought surely he will come out to me, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana, and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of 183 Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean?" No, proud man, the rivers of Damascus will... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1838 - 508 pages
...to the leper. He directed him to dip seven times in the Jordan. But he turned away enraged, saying, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" Rebuked by his servants, he returned to the prophet ; he obeyed ; and his " flesh... | |
 | Lucy Barton - Bible stories, English - 1831 - 188 pages
...God to whom all things are possible; and -he said, "Are not Abana and Phafrpar, 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 then came near, and said to him, " My father, if the prophet... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ! may 1 not wash in them, and be clean ! So he turned, and went away in a rage." And would have remained... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Theology - 1831 - 282 pages
...thing to surprise and amaze us here? .What better is this than our ordinary entertainment at home? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Such may be the thoughts of profane and ignorant fools; for the outside of this ordinance... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...Elisha to Naaman, by a messenger), and thy flesh shall come again unto thee, and thou shalt be clean. Are not Abana, and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? My father (.•../•'/.' Naaman't servant! to him), if the prophet had bid thee do tome great thing,... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...clean. name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Jlre not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said,... | |
 | Richard Watson - Bible - 1832 - 1094 pages
...generally. ABANA. Naaman, the leper, on being directed to wash in the river Jordan, says, 2 Kings v. 12, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel Í " Probably the Abana is a branch of the Barrady, or Chrysorrhoas, which derives... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. ` 2 waters of Israel Í May I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage ; and... | |
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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? 
