Pharpar River
(swift), the second of the "two rivers of Damascus" --Abana
and Pharpar --alluded to by Naaman. 2Ki 5:18 The two principal
streams in the district of Damascus are the Barada and the
Awaj, the former being the Abana and the latter the Pharpur.
The Awaj rises on the southeast slopes of Hermon, and flows
into the most southerly of the three lakes...
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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
unknown
reason. This river empties itself into the lake or
marsh Bahret
Hijaneh, on the east ...
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("swift" or else "crooked"). One of the chief rivers of Syria,
eight miles from Damascus 2 Kings 5:12); the Awaj, as the
Abana is the Baruda. The ridge jebel Aswad separates Pharpar
from Damascus. Pharpar rising on the S.E. side of Hermon ends
in the bahret Hijaneh, the most southern of the three lakes or
swamps of Damascus, due E. 40 miles fr...
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[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....
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far'-par (parpar; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Apharpha; Codex
Alexandrinus Pharphara): A river of Damascus, mentioned in 2
Ki 5:12, along with the Abana or Amana.e and James, Psalms of
Solomon. xliv ff; Nicolas. Doctrines religieuses des juifs, 48
ff....
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(A river of Damascus)
-Referred to by Naaman
2Ki 5:12...
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