...hand ** over the place, and recover the leper. " Are not Abana and Pharphar, rivers of " Damascus, better than all the waters of " Israel? May I not wash in them, and be " clean?"* So reasoned this wise man ; and so would any other wise man of modern times have reasoned on this occasion....

...lying in darkness. You must not indulge the spirit which prompted the> proud captain of old to ask, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" But, whatever be the course which Scripture points out, and to whatever office...

...Barrady or Chrysorrhoas, which waters the city of Damascus and the country about it (2 Kings v. 12.). " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" The river of Damascus has its fountain in the mountains of Libanus. At its approach...

...surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the narrie of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and...be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage." What fools men are ! They prescribe to God Himself; they are so proud that they will not do the simplest...

...thought he would come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Abana and...and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage. His servants said to him, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done...

...call on the name of the Lord, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. Are not Ahana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. His servants said to him, if the prophet had hid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done...

...Jehoram, the son of Ahab." (o) ». 17. " Burnt-offering nor sacrifice." " par, rivers of Damascus, better than " all the waters of Israel ? may I not...be clean?" So he turned, and went away in a rage. 13. And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, " My father, " If the prophet had bid...

...the Syrian,* when desired by Elisha to bathe in the Jordan, for the cure of his leprosy, exclaimed, ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them and • 2 Kings, T. 13. be clean ?' In the capital of the Roman Empire, according to Fabricius, there were...

...times"—Naaman was highly displeased. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus" he exclaimed, '> better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, and be clean? Behold 1 thought, he will surely come out to me, and stand, and call upon the name of the Lord his...

...indignation. " Are not Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus," he exclaimed, "Jbetter than all th« waters of Israel — may I not wash in them, and be clean?** Health, however, was the one thing desired, and the suffer310 ing Syrian was at length persuaded by...