2 Kings 5:12

5:12 The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! ¹  Could I not wash in them and be healed?” So he turned around and went away angry.

2 Kings 18:11

18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel ²  to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

[5:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all of the waters of Israel?” The rhetorical question expects an emphatic “yes” as an answer.

[18:11]  ² tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.