Damascus
DA-MAS`CUS (sack full of blood, similitude of burning), A
city of Syria east of Anti-Lebanus, and in the midst of a
lovely and fertile plain opening on the Desert. Gen. 14:15
, 15:2 Contiguous region called "Syria of Damascus," 2 Sam.
8:5. Taken by David, 8: 5, 6, and by Jeroboam, 2 Kings
14:28. Afterwards subject to Assyria, Babylon, Persia, ...
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da-mas'-kus:
1. The Name
2. Situation and Natural Features
3. The City Itself
4. Its History
(1) The Early Period (to circa 950 BC)
(2) The Aramean Kingdom (circa 950-732 BC)
(3) The Middle Period (732 BC-650 AD)
(4) Under Islam
1. Name:
The English name is the same as the Greek Damaskos. The
Hebrew name is Dammeseq, but the Aramaic form Darmeseq,...
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An ancient city
Ge 14:15; 15:2
-Capital of Syria
1Ki 20:34; Isa 7:8; Jer 49:23-29; Eze 47:16,17
-Laid under tribute to David
2Sa 8:5,6
-Besieged by Rezon
1Ki 11:23,24
-Recovered by Jeroboam
2Ki 14:28
-Taken by king of Assyria
2Ki 16:9
-Walled
Jer 49:27; 2Co 11:33
-Garrisoned
2Co 11:32
-Luxury in
Am 3:12
-Paul's experiences in
Ac ...
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one of the most ancient and most important of the cities of
Syria. It is situated 130 miles northeast of Jerusalem, in a
plain of vast size and of extreme fertility, which lies east
of the great chain of Anti-Libanus, on the edge of the
desert. This fertile plain, which is nearly circular and
about 30 miles in diameter, is due to the river Bar...
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activity, the most ancient of Oriental cities; the capital
of
Syria (Isa. 7:8; 17:3); situated about 133 miles to
the north of
Jerusalem. Its modern name is Esh-Sham; i.e., "the
East."
The situation of this city is said to be the most
beautiful of
all Western Asia. It is mentioned among the
conquests of the
Egyptian king Thothmes III. (B....
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The most ancient city of Syria, at the foot of the S.E.
range of Antilibanus, which rises 1,500 ft. above the plain
of Damascus, which is itself 2,200 above the sea. Hence,
Damascus enjoys a temperate climate cooled by breezes. The
plain is a circle of 30 miles diameter, watered by the
Barada (the ABANA of 2 Kings 5), which bursts through a
n...
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a sack full of blood; the similitude of burning...
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Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the
king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great
multitude of them captives, and brought [them] to Damascus.
And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel,
who smote him with a great slaughter....
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And [Benhadad] said unto him, The cities, which my father took
from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets
for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then [said
Ahab], I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a
covenant with him, and sent him away....
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And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the
altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered
thereon....
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