²⁴ When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus,^(A) where they settled and took control.

¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters^(A) of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.^(B)