The Abana is the Barada, the true river of Damascus. It rises in the Anti-Lebanon mountains, flows westward from their base, and forms the oasis wh…

Abana. —So the Hebrew text; Hebrew margin, Amana; and so in many manuscripts, the Complutensian Polyglot, Septuagint, Tar…

Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all
the waters of Israel ?
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Elisha knew Naaman to be a proud man, and he would let him know that before the great God all people stand on the same level. All God's commands te…