Syria — Bible place

(Heb. Aram), the name in the Old Testament given to the whole country which lay to the north-east of Phoenicia, extending to beyond the Euphrates and the Tigris. Mesopotamia is called (Gen. 24:10; Deut. 23:4) Aram-naharain (=Syria of the two rivers), also Padan-aram (Gen. 25:20). Other portions of Syria were also known by separate names, as Aram-maahah (1 Chr. 19:6), Aram-beth-rehob (2 Sam. 10:6), Aram-zobah (2 Sam. 10:6, 8). All these separate little kingdoms afterwards became subject to Damascus. In the time of the Romans, Syria included also a part of Palestine and Asia Minor.

“From the historic annals now accessible to us, the history of Syria may be divided into three periods: The first, the period when the power of the Pharaohs was dominant over the fertile fields or plains of Syria and the merchant cities of Tyre and Sidon, and when such mighty conquerors as Thothmes III. and Rameses II. could claim dominion and levy tribute from the nations from the banks of the Euphrates to the borders of the Libyan desert. Second, this was followed by a short period of independence, when the Jewish nation in the south was growing in power, until it reached its early zenith in the golden days of Solomon; and when Tyre and Sidon were rich cities, sending their traders far and wide, over land and sea, as missionaries of civilization, while in the north the confederate tribes of the Hittites held back the armies of the kings of Assyria. The third, and to us most interesting, period is that during which the kings of Assyria were dominant over the plains of Syria; when Tyre, Sidon, Ashdod, and Jerusalem bowed beneath the conquering armies of Shalmaneser, Sargon, and Sennacherib; and when at last Memphis and Thebes yielded to the power of the rulers of Nineveh and Babylon, and the kings of Assyria completed with terrible fulness the bruising of the reed of Egypt so clearly foretold by the Hebrew prophets.”, Boscawen.

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Recorded scripture occurrences (64)

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Show passage in OET: JDG 10:6

OET-RV JDG 10:6

6 The Israelis continued to do what Yahweh considered evil: they worshipped the Ba’als, the Ashtarot, the gods of Aram (Syria), the gods of Tsidon (Sidon), the gods of Moav (Moab), the gods of the sons of Amon, and the gods of the Pelishtim. They forsook Yahweh and didn’t serve him.

OET-LV JDG 10:6

6 And_they _repeated the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) for_doing the_evil in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH and_they _served DOM the_Baˊal and_DOM the_ˊAshtārōt and_DOM the _gods _of ʼArām and_DOM the _gods _of Tsīdōn/(Sidon) and_DOM the _gods _of Mōʼāⱱ and_DOM the _gods _of the _people _of ˊAmmōn and_DOM the _gods _of the_Pəlishtiy and_they _abandoned DOM YHWH and_not they_served _him.

Show passage in OET: AMO 1:5

OET-RV AMO 1:5

5 I’ll smash the gate bars of Damesek
⇔ and eliminate the ruler of the Aven Valley,
⇔ and also the leader of Beyt -Eden.
⇔ The people of Aram (Syria) will go in captivity to Kir,”
§ says Yahweh.

OET-LV AMO 1:5

5 And_I _will _break the _bar _of Dammeseq and_I _will _cut _off inhabitant[s] from_Valley _of Aven and_one _who_holds _of (of)_a _scepter from_Bēyt- eden and_ the _people _of ʼArām _they _will _go _into _exile to_Qīr YHWH he _says.

Show passage in OET: KI1 10:29

OET-RV KI1 10:29

29 An Mitsri (Egyptian) chariot went for six hundred silver coins and a horse for one hundred and fifty. Then they’d export them again to the Hiti and Aramean kings.

OET-LV KI1 10:29

29 And_it _came _up and_it _came _out a _chariot from_Miʦrayim for_six hundred(s) silver and_a _horse for_fifty and_one _hundred and_thus/so/as _follows to/from_all/each/any/every the _kings _of the _Ḩittiy and_to_the _kings _of ʼArām by_hand _of_their they _brought_them_out.

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