SYRIA

- Originally included Mesopotamia Ge 25:20; 28:5; De 26:5; Ac 7:2 - More properly the country around Damascus 2Sa 8:6 - Damascus the capital of Isa 7:8 - Abana and Pharpar rivers of 2Ki 5:12 - Governed by kings 1Ki 22:31; 2Ki 5:1 - INHABITANTS OF . Called Syrians 2Sa 10:11; 2Ki 5:20 . Called Syrians of Damascus 2Sa 8:5 . An idolatrous people Jud 10:6; 2Ki 5:18 . A warlike people 1Ki 20:23,25 . A commercial people Eze 27:18 . Spoke the Syriack language 2Ki 18:26; Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4 - Israel followed the idolatry of Jud 10:6 - DAVID . Destroyed the army of, which assisted Hadadezer 2Sa 8:5 . Garrisoned and made tributary 2Sa 8:6 . Dedicated the spoils of 2Sa 8:11,12 . Obtained renown by his victory over 2Sa 8:13 . Sent Joab against the armies of, hired by the Ammonites 2Sa 10:6-14 . Destroyed a second army of 2Sa 10:15-19 - Asa sought aid of, against Israel 1Ki 15:18-20 - Elijah anointed Hazael king over, by divine direction 1Ki 19:15 - Benhadad king of, besieged Samaria 1Ki 20:1-12 - THE ISRAELITES . Under Ahab encouraged and assisted by God, overcame 1Ki 20:13-20 . Forewarned of invasion by, at the return of the year 1Ki 20:22-25 . Insignificant before 1Ki 20:26,27 . Encouraged and assisted by God overcame a second time 1Ki 20:28-30 . Craftily drawn into a league with 1Ki 20:31-43 . At peace with, for three years 1Ki 22:1 . Under Ahab sought to recover Ramoth-gilead from 1Ki 22:3-29 . Defeated by, and Ahab slain 1Ki 22:30-36 . Harassed by frequent incursions of 2Ki 5:2; 6:23 . Heard the secrets of, from Elisha 2Ki 6:8-12 - God smote with blindness those sent against Elisha by the king of 2Ki 6:14,18-20 - Besieged Samaria again 2Ki 6:24-29 - Army of, miraculously routed 2Ki 7:5,6 - Death of the king of, and the cruelty of his successor foretold by Elisha 2Ki 8:7,15 - Joram king of Israel in seeking to recover Ramothgilead from, severely wounded 2Ki 8:28,29; 9:15 - Israel delivered into the hands of, for the sins of Jehoahaz 2Ki 13:3,7,22 - A saviour raised up for Israel against 2Ki 13:5,23-25 - Elisha predicted to Joash his three victories over 2Ki 13:14-19 - Joined with Israel against Ahaz and besieged Jerusalem 2Ki 16:5; Isa 7:12 - Retook Elath and drove out the Jews 2Ki 16:6 - Subdued and its inhabitants taken captive by Assyria 2Ki 16:9 - PROPHECIES RESPECTING . Destruction of Rezin king of Isa 7:8,16 . Ceasing to be a kingdom Isa 17:1-3 . Terror and dismay in, occasioned by its invasion Jer 49:23,24 . Destruction of its inhabitants Jer 49:26 . Plundering of Damascus Isa 8:4 . Burning of Damascus Jer 49:27; Am 1:4 . Its calamities, the punishments of its sins Am 1:3 . Its inhabitants to be captives Am 1:3 . Its history in connection with the Macedonia empire Da 11:6-45 - Subdued and governed by the Romans Lu 2:2 - Gospel preached and many churches founded in Ac 15:23,41

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In Hebrew ARAM, a large district of Asia, lying, in the widest acceptation of the name, between the Mediterranean, Mount Taurus, and the Tigris, and thus including Mesopotamia, that is, in Hebrew, Syria of the two rivers. See ARAM 2. Excepting the Lebanon range, it is for the most part a level country. In the New Testament, Syria may be considered as bounded west and north-west by the Mediterranean and by Mount Taurus, which separates it from Cilicia and Cataonia in Asia Minor, east by the Euphrates, and south by Arabia Deserta and Palestine, or rather Judea, for the name Syria included also the northern part of Palestine. The valley between the ridges of Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon was called Coele-Syria and Phoenicia were subject to the king of Babylon, and they afterwards were tributary to the Persian monarchs. After the country fell into the hands of the Romans, Syria was made the province of a proconsul; to which Judea, although governed by its own procurators, was annexed in such a way, that in some cases an appeal might be made to the proconsul of Syria, who had at least the power of removing the procurators from office. Syria is now in the possession of the Turks. Its better portions have been thickly populated from a very early period, and travellers find traces of numerous cities wholly unknown to history.

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Syria. Syria
(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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SYRIA. → (The highlands lying between the Euphrates River and the Mediterranean Sea) → Called ARAM, from the son of Shem Ge 10:22,23; Nu 23:7; 1Ch 1:17; 2:23 → During the time of Abraham it seems to have embraced the region between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River Ge 24:10; with 25:20 → Including Padan-aram Ge 25:20; 28:5 → Minor kingdoms within the region
* Aram-zobah, also called, ZOBAH and ZOBA 1Sa 14:47; 2Sa 8:3; 10:6,8; 1Ki 11:23; 1Ch 18:5,9; 19:6
* And in the title of Ps 60
* Geshur 2Sa 15:8
* Aram-rehob, also called BETH-REHOB 2Sa 10:6,8
* Damascus 2Sa 8:5,6; 1Ch 18:5,6
* Hamath 2Sa 8:9,10

→ Conquest of
* By David 2Sa 8:3-13
* By Jeroboam 2Ki 14:25,28
* By Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria 2Ki 16:7-9; 18:33,34

→ People of, colonized in Samaria by the king of Assyria 2Ki 17:24 → Confederates with Nebuchadnezzar 2Ki 24:2; Jer 39:5 → The Roman province of, included the land of Canaan Lu 2:2,3 → And it included Phoenicia Mr 7:26; Ac 21:3 → The fame of Jesus extended over Mt 4:24 → Paul goes to, with letters to apprehend the Christians; is converted and begins his evangelistic ministry Ac 9:1-31 → See PAUL → Paul preaches in Ac 15:41; 18:18; 21:3; Ga 1:21 → Damascus, the capitol of
* See DAMASCUS

→ Wars between, and the kingdoms of Judah and Israel
* See ISRAEL

→ Prophecies concerning Isa 7:8-16; 8:4-7; 17:1-3; Jer 1:15; 49:23-27; Am 1:3-5; Zec 9:1

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Jud 10:6; 2Sa 8:6; 2Ki 6:23; 13:17; Isa 7:8; Mt 4:24