 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...disdain, in the reply of the Syrian General, Naaman, to the prophet Elisha, respecting this river: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel 1 may I not wash in them and be clean 1" 2 Kings v. 12. ABANCAY, or AVANCAY, a province... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Ab'ana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, ?nd be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. And... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - 1830 - 492 pages
...praise him for the help of his countenance. 167 SERMON XII. THE WATERS OF ISRAEL, OR MEANS OF GRACE. 2 Kings, v. 12. — Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May 1 not wash in them and be clean? 181 SERMON XIII. THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISM. Rom.... | |
 | William Ashmead - 1830 - 522 pages
...then, instead of resorting to the simple and unfailing remedy which the Bible suggests, they exclaim, "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May we not wash in them, and be clean ?"' In a word, they substitute in the room... | |
 | Thomas Sherlock, Thomas Smart Hughes - 1830 - 500 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 I not wash in them, and be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage.' But... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 1830 - 430 pages
...thing to surprise or 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 thought of profane and ignorant fools. For the outside of this... | |
 | James Sigston - 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 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... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1832 - 1094 pages
...and very 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... | |
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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? 
