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Pharpar
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
River flowing from Hermon south of Damascus, where it turns to the southeast and flows into the Lakes of the Marj. Thomson identifies the stream with Al-A'waj; G. A. Smith and Socin (in Baedeker) with Al-Sabirani, which unites with the A'waj before it reaches the lakes. Being advised by the prophet Elisha to bathe in the Jordan, Naaman demurred, exclaiming: "Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel?" (2 Kings 5:12).
Bibliography:- Schwarz, Palestine, p. 54;
- Thomson, The Land and the Book, 3:359,398,429;
- Smith, Historical Geography of the Holy Land, p. 642;
- Baedeker, Palästina, 3d ed., pp. 268, 312.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Pharpar'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/p/pharpar.html. 1901.