Abana
    stony (Heb. marg. "Amanah," perennial), the chief river of
    Damascus (2 Kings 5:12). Its modern name is Barada, the
    Chrysorrhoas, or "golden stream," of the Greeks. It rises in a
    cleft of the Anti-Lebanon range, about 23 miles north-west of
    Damascus, and after flowing southward for a little way parts
    into three smaller streams, the central one flowing through
    Damascus, and the other two on each side of the city, diffusing
    beauty and fertility where otherwise there would be barrenness.
 Abana, made of stone; a building