2 Kings 5:12

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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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Map of Palestine (The Holy Land)A general map of Palestine showing towns and regions across the Holy Land.

The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Abana and Pharpar were rivers near Damascus in Aram (Syria), Naaman’s homeland, while the Jordan lay in Israel near Samaria, where Elisha ministered. Naaman’s complaint contrasts his familiar Syrian waters with God’s appointed river, exposing his resistance to receiving healing by humble obedience.

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2 Kings 5:12 mentions Abana, Aram, Damascus, Jordan, Pharpar, Samaria and Syria.