2 Kings 5:12 "Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. (NASB ©1995)Proverbs 14:17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated.
Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.
Proverbs 19:11 A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression. (NASB ©1995) Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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.Abana and Pharpar. or, Amana. This river is evidently the Barrade, or Barada, as the Arabic renders, the Chrysorrhoas of the Greeks, which taking its rise in Antilibanu, runs eastward towards Damascus, where it is divided into three streams, one of which passes through the city, and the other two through the gardens; which reuniting at the east of the city, forms a lake about five or six leagues to the south-east, called Behairat el Marj, or, Lake of the Meadow. Pharpar was probably one of the branches. better 2Ki 5:17 2:8,14 Jos 3:15-17 Eze 47:1-8 Zec 13:1 14:8 Mr 1:9 Concordance Entries Abana Aba'na Abanah Amanah Aren't Better Clean Cleansed Couldn't Damascus Fury Pharpar Rage Rivers Turneth Turning Wash Washed Waters Wrath Jump to Previous Occurrence Better Clean Cleansed Couldn't Damascus Fury Israel Rage Rivers Turned Turneth Turning Wash Washed Waters Wrath Jump to Next Occurrence Better Clean Cleansed Couldn't Damascus Fury Israel Rage Rivers Turned Turneth Turning Wash Washed Waters Wrath New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. | 
