 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pàgines
...their title-page, goeth away in a rage, like Naaman, preferring others before them. " What is Jordan ? Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters in Israel ? may I not wash in them and be clean ?" saith he, 2 Kings v. 10, 11, 12. This was... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pàgines
...and call on the name 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...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? So he turned and went away in a rage." What a striking instance of the J oily of pride ! This man,... | |
 | William Ward - 1817 - 424 pàgines
...being sacred, seems to have prevailed amongst other heathen nations. Hence Naaman, the Syrian, said, 'Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? 1 It is ascertained, that there are six places of this name, five of which are situated on the river... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pàgines
...call on the name of the LORD his God, and f strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 ourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph getteth leave of Pharaoh...The funeral. 15 Joseph comfurteth his brethren, who ? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said,... | |
 | William Ward - 1817 - 366 pàgines
...into rivers, and, floating to the sides, are devoured by dogs, vultures, and crows. 1 Kings v. 12. ' Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?' A contention respecting the superior efficacy of rivers is not uncommon in this... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pàgines
...me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and 12 the waters of Noah unto me : for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more g 1 not wash in them, and be clean ? So ne turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near,... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 pàgines
...When the event belied their groundless expectations, with Naaman they turned away in a rage, saying, " Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ?" " Away with this man, crucify him, not this man but Barabbas." 2. Observe here... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pàgines
...call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, aud recover the leper. 12 r to gather, and they found none. 28 ? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said,... | |
 | James Everett - 1819 - 198 pàgines
...J 1 Sam. xxv. 38. ^ 1 Cor. i. 27. 5 Chap.xii. 1— 6. • to the eye or the mind. " Are not Abana, Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them and be clean ?"* It is possible they are much superior, but Jordan's streams are to cleanse the leper. If opportunities... | |
 | 1820 - 464 pàgines
...desired by Elisha to bath in the river Jordan for the cure of the leprosy, exclaimed, are not Abanar and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the...waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ? By the Romans bathing was held in great estimation, probably as a luxury, for according to F;ibricius,... | |
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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? 
