2 Kings 5:12
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.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. Naaman, the Aramean army commander, learns of Elisha from an Israelite slave girl and comes to be healed of leprosy. Elisha sends word to wash seven times in the Jordan; Naaman is furious at the simplicity of the instruction but …
Other Translations
Are not 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.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? do I not wash in them and I have been clean?' and he turneth and goeth on in fury.
Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not be washed in them and become clean? So turning, he went away in wrath.
Cross References
And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the …
And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the …
And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, …
And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the …
And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? …
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold …
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and …
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem …