²⁴ And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, ^(A)after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus.

¹² Are not Abana^[a] and Pharpar, the rivers of ^(A)Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.