...it : " Behold I thought," said Naaman the Syrian, " he •will surely come out to me, and stand, and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper ;" but God had said, " Go and wash in Jordan seven times and thou shah be clean." It is rare to find...

...wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on let nothing of it remain until the morning : and that which remaineth of it until the m 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel ? may I not...

...«ure of his own lepro•y. " Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper." Not one iota of his conjecture was realized. The prophet did not come out, nor assume the supposed...

...of the prophet's character and his own. .To be sure, He will come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and, with a good deal of ceremony and show, will recover the leper. But Elisha, without coming out, sent...

...of the prophet's character and his own . To be sure, He will come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and, with* a good deal of ceremony and show, will recover the leper. But Elisha, without coming out, sent...

...and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will tutcly come out to me, and stand, and call on tbe name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the li Arc not Abana and Pharpar, ri»er* of Damascus, better than ail the loaves of barley, and lull ears...

...wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand...all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, ?nd be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. And his servants came near, and spake unto him,...

...he, at first, indignantly refused to comply with the prescription. "Are not," said he in anger — "are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...waters of Israel, may I not wash in them and be clean?" In the use, doubtless, of habitual bathing, he did not see how washing, in whatever manner applied,...

...the name of the LORD bis God, and strike bis hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Лге not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better...all the waters of Israel ? may I not wash in them, arid be clean ? So ne turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto...

...people. As Naaman the Syrian indignantly asked : are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, letter than all the waters of Israel ? May I not wash in them and be clean ' (1 Kings v. 12.) So any natural man might with equal anger be inclined to say; why make a serpent...