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ABANA

Syrian river (modern Barada) running through the city of Damascus. Although Naaman thought the Abana would be more effective than the Jordan River in curing leprosy, he obeyed the prophet Elisha, washed in the Jordan, and was cured (2 Kgs 5:9-14; “Amana” is an alternate textual reading in 5:12).

Show passage in OET: KI2 5:9–14

OET-RV KI2 5:9

9 So Na’aman came on his chariots and horses, and he stood at the entrance to Elisha’s house.

OET-RV KI2 5:10

10 Elisha sent a messenger out to him to tell him, “Go and wash seven times in the Yarden (Jordan) river, and then you’ll be better and your skin will go back to normal.”

OET-RV KI2 5:11

11 But Na’aman was furious, and he left, saying, “Listen, I said to myself that he’d surely come out and stand there and call on the name of his god Yahweh, then he’d wave his hand over my body and take away the skin disease.

OET-RV KI2 5:12

12 Aren’t the Damesek (Damascus) rivers Avanah and Parpar better than any river in Yisrael? Can’t I bathe in them instead and get healed?” So he turned and he went off angrily.

OET-RV KI2 5:13

13 Then some of his servants approached him and suggested, “My master, if the prophet had told you to do something more significant, wouldn’t you have done it? So maybe you could do the simple thing that he told you: wash and get better.”

OET-RV KI2 5:14

14 So Na’aman went down to the Yarden river and dipped in it seven times like the man of God had told him to. Then his skin became clear again, like the skin of a young boy, and he was healed.

OET-LV KI2 5:9

9 And_ Naˊₐmān _he _came his and_with_chariot[s]_of_his and_he _stood the _entrance _of the _house of_ʼElīshāˊ.

OET-LV KI2 5:10

10 And_he _sent to_him/it ʼElīshāˊ a _messenger to_say go and_you _will _wash seven times in_Yardēn/(Jordan) and_ flesh _of_your _it _will _return to/for_yourself(m) and_be _clean.

OET-LV KI2 5:11

11 And_ Naˊₐmān _he _was _angry and_he _went and_he/it _said HERE I _said to_me he _will _come _out surely _(come _out) and_he _will _stand and_he _will _call in/on_name _of YHWH his/its_god and_he _will _wave his/its_hand to the_place and_he _will _deliver the_one_who_has _a _skin _disease.

OET-LV KI2 5:12

12 Not good are_Amana and_Parpar the _rivers _of Dammeseq from_all the _waters _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not will _I _wash (is)_in_them and_I _will _be _clean and_he _turned and_he/it _went in_a _rage.

OET-LV KI2 5:13

13 And_ servants _of_his _they _drew _near and_they _spoke to_him/it and_they _said would _that a _thing great the_prophet he _spoke to_you am_not will _you _do_it and_indeed if/because he _has _said to_you wash and_be _clean.

OET-LV KI2 5:14

14 And_he/it _descended and_he _dipped in_Yardēn seven times according_to _the _message _of the _man _of the_ʼElohīm and_ flesh _of_his _it _returned like_the_flesh _of a _lad young and_he _was _clean.

Show passage in OET: KI2 5:12

OET-RV KI2 5:12

12 Aren’t the Damesek (Damascus) rivers Avanah and Parpar better than any river in Yisrael? Can’t I bathe in them instead and get healed?” So he turned and he went off angrily.

OET-LV KI2 5:12

12 Not good are_Amana and_Parpar the _rivers _of Dammeseq from_all the _waters _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not will _I _wash (is)_in_them and_I _will _be _clean and_he _turned and_he/it _went in_a _rage.

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See also Amana.