-(The highlands lying between the Euphrates River and the Mediterranean Sea) -Called ARAM, from the
son of Shem Genesis 10:22, 23; Numbers 23:7; 1 Chronicles 1:17; 2:23
-During the time of Abraham it seems to have embraced the region between the Tigris River and the
Euphrates River Genesis 24:10 with Genesis 25:20
-Including Padan-aram Genesis 25:20; 28:5
-Minor kingdoms within the region Aram-zobah, also called, ZOBAH and ZOBA 1 Samuel 14:47; 2
Samuel 8:3; 10:6,8; 1 Kings 11:23; 1 Chronicles 18:5,9; 19:6 And in the title of Psalm 60 .Geshur 2
Samuel 15:8 Aram-rehob, also called BETH-REHOB 2 Samuel 10:6, 8 .Damascus 2 Samuel 8:5, 6; 1
Chronicles 18:5, 6 .Hamath 2 Samuel 8:9, 10
-Conquest of .By David 2 Samuel 8:3-13 .By Jeroboam 2 Kings 14:25, 28 .By Tiglath-pileser, king of
Assyria 2 Kings 16:7-9; 18:33, 34
-People of, colonized in Samaria by the king of Assyria 2 Kings 17:24
-Confederates with Nebuchadnezzar 2 Kings 24:2; Jeremiah 39:5
-The Roman province of, included the land of Canaan Luke 2:2, 3
-And it included Phoenicia Mark 7:26; Acts 21:3
-The fame of Jesus extended over Matthew 4:24
-Paul goes to, with letters to apprehend the Christians; is converted and begins his evangelistic ministry
Acts 9:1-31
-Paul preaches in Acts 15:41; 18:18; 21:3; Galatians 1:21
-Damascus, the capital of
-Wars between, and the kingdoms of Judah and Israel . See ISRAEL
-Prophecies concerning Isaiah 7:8-16; 8:4-7; 17:1-3; Jeremiah 1:15; 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; Zechariah 9:1
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-Also called -A small kingdom 1 Chronicles 19:6
SYRO-PHOENICIAN
-The nationality of a non- Jewish woman whose daughter was cured by Jesus Matthew 15:21-28; Mark
7:24-30