the Fourth Week after Easter
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Pharpar
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or PHARPAR. A river of Damascus mentioned with the Abanah ( 2 Kings 5:12 ) by Naaman as contrasting favourably with the Jordan. Its identification is by no means so certain as that of Abanah with the Barada . The most probable is that suggested by Thomson, namely, the ‘Awaj , a river rising east of Hermon. A wady near, but not tributary to, one of its sources is called the Wady Barbar , which may possibly be a reminiscence of the ancient name. The principal obstacle to this identification is the distance of the river from the city; but Naaman was perhaps thinking as much of the fertile plain of Damascus as of the city itself. Other identifications have been with either the river flowing from ‘Ain Fijeh , or else one or other of the canals fed by the Barada.
R. A. S. Macalister.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Pharpar'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/pharpar.html. 1909.
