 | Christian life - 1873 - 350 pages
...narrie 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...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... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...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... | |
 | Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn Prichard - 1824 - 224 pages
...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 than all 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... | |
 | Theology - 1824 - 400 pages
...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... | |
 | Lady - Bible - 1824 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...sufficiently account for the indignant reply of Naaman the Syrian, to the prophet ; " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage." The haughty Syrian, piqued that the prophet treated him with so little ceremony, considered the command... | |
 | Barbara Allan Simon - Christian life - 1825 - 142 pages
...his monarch, he was blinded and seduced by worldly wisdom, and thus he reasoned : '• Are not Abna and Pharpar. rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? May 1 not as well wash in them to be cured ? So he turned and went away in a rage ; but a wise servant... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...place, and recover the leper. dZZL 12 Are not § Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, '• *• Anu"a- better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash...and 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 thee... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pages
...came forth to bless, And hear with awe the voice of God. NAAMAN'S PRIDE AND FOLLY. " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ?"— 2 Kings, v. 12. THUS arrogant, and thus absurd Was he who then the prophet heard : We blame his... | |
 | Robert Pedder Buddicom - 1826 - 488 pages
...Naaman the leper, when the prophet bade him wash in Jordan seven times, and be clean. "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...waters of Israel ; may I not wash in them, and be clean ?" Had he thus continued to resist the direction of the man of God, he had returned to Syria a leper... | |
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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? 
