1Sa 14:47, 2Sa 8:3, 1Ki 11:23-24, 2Ch 18:3, 5, 9 | TSK | STEP

in Damascus.Damascus, called also Damesk, but generally El Sham, by the Arabs, is situated in a delightful plain, well watered by the Barrada, at the eastern foot of Antilibanus, being surrounded by the hills in the form of a triumphal arch, 136 miles N. of Jerusalem, 195 S. of Antioch, and 276 S. S. W. of Diarbekir. It is a city of the highest antiquity, being at least as ancient as the time of Abraham: it has been often captured, and several times demolished, but has always risen to splendour and dignity. The modern town is described by Maundrell as of a long, straight figure, it ends pointing nearly N. E. and S. W. It is very slender in the middle, but swells bigger at each end, especially at that to the N. E. According to Niebuhr, the walls are something less than a league and half in circumference; and the population is estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000

2 Chronicles 18:3

I am as thou.

1Ki 22:4; 2Ki 3:7; Ps 139:21; Eph 5:11; 2Jo 1:10,11

2 Chronicles 18:5

prophets.

1Ki 18:19; 2Ki 3:13; 2Ti 4:3

Shall we go.

Jer 38:14-28; 42:2,3,20

Go up.

14,20,21; Jer 8:10,11; 23:14,17; 28:1-17; Eze 13:3-16,22; Mic 2:11

Mic 3:11; Re 19:20

2 Chronicles 18:9

sat either.

1Ki 22:10-12; Isa 14:9; Eze 26:16; Da 7:9; Mt 19:28

clothed.

29; Mt 6:29; 11:8

void place. or, floor.Threshing-floors, among the ancient Jews, as we have before remarked, were only, as they are to this day in the East, round level plats of ground in the open air. Hence a floor might well be near the gate of Samaria, which was built on a hill, and afford no improper place for the kings of Judah and Israel to give audience to the prophets.

all the prophets.

Jer 27:14-16