2 KINGS 5:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.”
He complains: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" — the Syrian rivers (Abana and Pharpar, modern Barada and A'waj) are indeed prominent, yet their water cannot heal what Israel's God alone can cure. Naaman's preference for the Syrian rivers reflects his reliance on his own wisdom and power.
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