- Rivers of Damascus
- The Abana and Pharpar (2 Kings 5:12).
Easton's Bible Dictionary. M.G. Easton. 1897.
Rivers of Damascus
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DAMASCUS — DAMASCUS, capital of Syria; in olden times a caravan center at an oasis in Southern Syria, on the principal crossroads between Mesopotamia Syria and Palestine Transjordan. In the Bible The name appears as דַּמֶּשֶׂק Dammesek (but once as… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Damascus — /deuh mas keuhs/, n. a city in and the capital of Syria, in the SW part: reputed to be the oldest continuously existing city in the world. 936,567. French, Damas. * * * Arabic Dimashq City (pop., 1994: 1,549,932), capital of Syria. Located at an… … Universalium
Pharpar — is the less important of the two rivers of Damascus, Syria mentioned in the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), now generally identified with the A waj (i.e. crooked ), though if the reference to Damascus be limited to the city, as in the Arabic… … Wikipedia
Abana River — Abana (or Amanah , classical Chrysorrhoas) is the more important of the two rivers of Damascus, Syria mentioned by the Book of Kings (2 Kings 5:12), and is now generally identified with the Barada (i.e. cold ). Together with its companion river,… … Wikipedia
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AMANA — (Heb.אֲמָנָה), mountain mentioned in Song of Songs 4:8. As it is referred to together with the Senir and Hermon mountains, it was apparently situated in southern Syria and should be distinguished from Mount Amanus farther to the north. Its marble … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Pharpar — Swift, one of the rivers of Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). It has been identified with the Awaj, a small lively river. The whole of the district watered by the Awaj is called the Wady el Ajam, i.e., the valley of the Persians , so called for some… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
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2 Kings 5 — 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone… … The King James version of the Bible
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