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Aren`t Abanah and Pharpar, the 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.
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The Logic of Pride
Commentators note that Naaman's boast was factually based. The Abana and Pharpar rivers of Damascus were indeed clearer and considered superior to Israel's muddy Jordan. His rage stemmed from human logic: why perform a simple act in an inferior place? This highlights how pride often relies on what seems reasonable to us, blinding us to the necessity of simple obedience to God's specific, and sometimes counter-intuitive, commands.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Abana. —So the Hebrew text; Hebrew margin, Amana; and so in many manuscripts, the Complutensian Polyglot, Septuagint, Tar…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?…
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