Syria Summary
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Syria, an ancient region north of Israel, often engaged in conflicts with Israel and Judah (1Kgs. 20:1; 2Kgs. 13:3).
Syria
PlaceAncient region north of Israel, often in conflict
Names
- en Syria
- en Syria,Syrian,Aram · Also called
- en Aram · Also called
- en Syrian · Also called
- en Arameans · Also called
- en Aramean · Also called
- en Edom · Also called
- en Hittite country · Also called
- en Syria-damascus · Also called
- en Syrians · Also called
- he אֲרָם · H0758I
- he אֲרַמִּי · H0761H
- he רַמִּי · H7421
- el Συρία · G4947
- el Σύρος · G4948
- el Συροφοίνισσα · G4949
- bg Сирия
Location
Mentioned in (117)
Josh 1:4
Judg 10:6
2 Sam 8:5
2 Sam 8:6
2 Sam 10:6
2 Sam 10:8
2 Sam 10:9
2 Sam 10:11
2 Sam 10:13
2 Sam 10:14
2 Sam 10:15
2 Sam 10:16
2 Sam 10:17
2 Sam 10:18
2 Sam 10:19
2 Sam 15:8
1 Kgs 10:29
1 Kgs 11:25
1 Kgs 15:18
1 Kgs 19:15
1 Kgs 20:1
1 Kgs 20:20
1 Kgs 20:21
1 Kgs 20:22
1 Kgs 20:23
1 Kgs 20:26
1 Kgs 20:27
1 Kgs 20:28
1 Kgs 20:29
1 Kgs 22:1
1 Kgs 22:3
1 Kgs 22:11
1 Kgs 22:31
1 Kgs 22:35
2 Kgs 5:1
2 Kgs 5:2
2 Kgs 5:5
2 Kgs 5:20
2 Kgs 6:8
2 Kgs 6:9
2 Kgs 6:11
2 Kgs 6:23
2 Kgs 6:24
2 Kgs 7:4
2 Kgs 7:5
2 Kgs 7:6
2 Kgs 7:10
2 Kgs 7:12
2 Kgs 7:14
2 Kgs 7:15
2 Kgs 7:16
2 Kgs 8:7
2 Kgs 8:9
2 Kgs 8:13
2 Kgs 8:28
2 Kgs 8:29
2 Kgs 9:14
2 Kgs 9:15
2 Kgs 12:17
2 Kgs 12:18
2 Kgs 13:3
2 Kgs 13:4
2 Kgs 13:5
2 Kgs 13:7
2 Kgs 13:17
2 Kgs 13:19
2 Kgs 13:22
2 Kgs 13:24
2 Kgs 15:37
2 Kgs 16:5
2 Kgs 16:6
2 Kgs 16:7
2 Kgs 24:2
1 Chr 18:5
1 Chr 18:6
1 Chr 19:10
1 Chr 19:12
1 Chr 19:14
1 Chr 19:15
1 Chr 19:16
1 Chr 19:17
1 Chr 19:18
1 Chr 19:19
2 Chr 1:17
2 Chr 16:2
2 Chr 16:7
2 Chr 18:10
2 Chr 18:30
2 Chr 18:34
2 Chr 22:5
2 Chr 22:6
2 Chr 24:23
2 Chr 24:24
2 Chr 28:5
2 Chr 28:23
Isa 7:1
Isa 7:2
Isa 7:4
Isa 7:5
Isa 7:8
Isa 9:12
Isa 17:3
Jer 35:11
Ezek 16:57
Ezek 27:16
Amos 1:5
Amos 9:7
Matt 4:24
Mark 7:26
Luke 2:2
Luke 4:27
Acts 15:23
Acts 15:41
Acts 18:18
Acts 20:3
Acts 21:3
Gal 1:21
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Syria Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Syria, also known as Aram, was an ancient region located north of Israel, with its capital at Damascus. Throughout the Old Testament, Syria frequently engaged in conflicts with Israel and Judah. During the reigns of Kings David and Solomon, Israel exerted control over parts of Syria (2Sam. 8:5-6; 1Chr. 18:5-6). However, in later years, Syrian kings often posed a threat to Israel and Judah, forming alliances against them (1Kgs. 15:18-20; 2Kgs. 16:5-9). The Arameans, the inhabitants of Syria, are mentioned as worshipping foreign gods (Judg. 10:6). In the New Testament, Syria is mentioned in connection with the spread of the gospel and the early church (Act.15.23, 41; Gal. 1:21). The apostle Paul spent time in Syria during his missionary journeys (Act.18.18; 21:3). A Syrophoenician woman is mentioned in Mrk.7.26, highlighting Jesus' ministry in the region. Syria played a significant role in the history of Israel and the early church.
Syria Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
(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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