Comentários de Citação sobre II Reis 5:12

[Any produce grown in land] that was occupied by those who came up from Egypt, namely from Chezib to the river, and until Amonah, may be eaten, but [its soil] may not be cultivated. The laws of sheviit apply less fully to the land conquered by Joshua and those who came up from Egypt. This would include the land from Chezib to “the river.” Unfortunately, the mishnah does not answer what river it is talking about, and there are many different opinions as to the interpretation of this clause. According to Albeck, Amonah is the name of a mountain (see II Kings 5:12) which is opposite of Lebanon. There is a river that comes from the Amonah mountain and descends to Damascus. So “the river” and Amonah are actually the same place. The produce grown in this area may be eaten and it does not have the sanctity of sheviit produce. However, the land may not be cultivated. It is interesting that the Joshua’s conquering of this land did not bequeath permanent holiness to it. Once the Israelites were exiled, this land descended in holiness and since it was not reoccupied, it never recovered.

The waters of the Karmiyon and the waters of Pugah are unfit, because they are marsh waters. According to Albeck, who bases his interpretation on a medieval Talmudic dictionary (the Arukh), the Karmiyon and the Pugah are the same rivers as the Amanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, mentioned in II Kings 5:12. The mishnah rules that these rivers are too marshy to be considered "living waters."

The reason the town is called Aram Naharayim, “Aram of two rivers,” is because the city is located at the confluence of two rivers (Amana and Parpar) mentioned by Naaman the Syrian General cured by submerging himself in the Jordan and the blessing of Elisha (Kings II chapter 5). Eliyahu had also been told by G’d to go to Damascus and to crown Chazzael as King (Kings I 19,15) ostensibly to wage war against the Northern Kingdom of Israel at whom G’d was angry.