Nave’s Topical Bible
Syria
43 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
(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; 1 Chronicles 2:23
- During the time of Abraham it seems to have embraced the region between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River
- Including Padan-aram
- Minor kingdoms within the region
- Aram-zobah, also called, ZOBAH and ZOBA
1 Samuel 14:47; 2 Samuel 8:3; 2 Samuel 10:6,8; 1 Kings 11:23; 1 Chronicles 18:5,9; 1 Chronicles 19:6
- And in the title of
- Geshur
- Aram-rehob, also called BETH-REHOB
- Damascus
- Hamath
- Aram-zobah, also called, ZOBAH and ZOBA
- Conquest of
- By David
- By Jeroboam
- By Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria
- People of, colonized in Samaria by the king of Assyria
- Confederates with Nebuchadnezzar
- The Roman province of, included the land of Canaan
- And it included Phoenicia
- The fame of Jesus extended over
- Paul goes to, with letters to apprehend the Christians; is Converted and begins his evangelistic ministry
See PAUL
- Paul preaches in
- Damascus, the capitol of
See DAMASCUS
- Wars between, and the kingdoms of Judah and Israel
See ISRAEL
- Prophecies concerning
Isaiah 7:8-16; Isaiah 8:4-7; Isaiah 17:1-3; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Amos 1:3-5; Zechariah 9:1
Bible verses about “Syria”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 10:22The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
- Genesis 10:23And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.
- Numbers 23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 1:17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
- Genesis 24:10And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
- Genesis 25:20And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan–aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
- Genesis 28:5And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
- 1 Samuel 14:47So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
- 2 Samuel 8:3David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
- 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 10:8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
- 1 Kings 11:23And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
- 1 Chronicles 18:5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- 1 Chronicles 18:9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
- 1 Chronicles 19:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria–maachah, and out of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 15:8For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 8:5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 8:6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
- 1 Chronicles 18:6Then David put garrisons in Syria–damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
- 2 Samuel 8:9When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
- 2 Samuel 8:10Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
- 2 Samuel 8:4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
- 2 Samuel 8:7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 8:8And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
- 2 Samuel 8:11Which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued;
- 2 Samuel 8:12Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
- 2 Samuel 8:13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Kings 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath–hepher.
- 2 Kings 14:28Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
- 2 Kings 16:7So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
- 2 Kings 16:8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- 2 Kings 16:9And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.
- 2 Kings 18:33Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- 2 Kings 18:34Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
- 2 Kings 17:24And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
- 2 Kings 24:2And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
- Jeremiah 39:5But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
- Luke 2:2(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- Luke 2:3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.