Bible Dictionary: Syria: Damascus the Capital of

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Isaiah 7:8
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
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The Nations of the North-East
... empire the smaller Aramaic principalities of central Syria. Geshur, Maachah, Damascus
all acknowledged his authority ... crushed, and while its capital was closely ...
/.../sayce/early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter iv the nations of.htm

His Conversion
... Having heard that Damascus, the capital of Syria, was one of the places where the
fugitives had taken refuge, and that they were carrying on their propaganda ...
/.../stalker/the life of st paul/chapter iii his conversion.htm

The Conversion of Paul.
... In Damascus, the capital of Syria, it appears that the gospel had made
considerable progress. There the disciples multiplied under ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xii the conversion of.htm

The Hebrews and the Philistines --Damascus
... we agreed to admit that in ver.15 the name of the capital of Eglon ... use of the various
routes leading in the direction of Damascus, Tyre, and Coele-Syria.**. ...
/.../chapter iiithe hebrews and the.htm

Paul Before his Conversion.
... scattered disciples. Thus armed, he set out for Damascus, the capital of
Syria, which numbered many synagogues. He was determined ...
/.../schaff/history of the christian church volume i/section 30 paul before his.htm

The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
... a direct attack on his capital, Kunulua, whither ... a triumphal progress through Northern
Syria, is almost a ... success by injudiciously attacking Damascus or Babylon ...
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The Kingdom of Samaria.
... David; namely, the Syrians, a powerful nation, whose capital was at Damascus, a
city ... were vouchsafed to Ahab, because Benhadad, King of Syria, fancied that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/yonge/the chosen people/lesson viii the kingdom of.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... of the district of which Susa is the capital. ... it was used by the Babylonians to denote
all Syria. ... name given by the cuneiform inscriptions to Damascus and its ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

A Discourse
... This metropolitan city of Syria, and capital of the kingdom of Damascus, was strongly
fortified; and during the border conflicts it served as a cover to the ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

A Little Maid
... like the Rhine and Danube, and a capital city so ... Israel had once conquered Syria,
and Syria had broken away ... and that he must leave beautiful Damascus, and give ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/a little maid.htm