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    The Kingdom of Aram-Damascus (/ˈærəm dəˈmæskəs/; Syriac: ܐܪܡ-ܕܪܡܣܘܩ) was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE,...
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    the Jews, Damascus (along with Trachonitis), was founded by Uz, the son of Aram. In Antiquities i. 7, Josephus reports: Nicolaus of Damascus, in the fourth...
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  • Arameans (redirect from Aram Maacha)
    of the king of Aram-Damascus since his kingdom was also called Aram. "Arameans" is merely an appellation of the geographical term Aram given to 1st-millennium...
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    the Hebrew Bible, Aram-Damascus being the most outstanding one, which came to encompass most of Syria. In the Bible, Aram-Damascus is simply commonly...
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  • succeeded Hadadzer as king of Aram-Damascus. The anti-Assyrian alliance dissolved, and former allies of Aram-Damascus turned into enemies. In 842, Hazael...
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  • descendants of Aram, as is the nearby land of Aram that included Aram-Damascus and Aram Rehob. David wrote of his striving with Aram-Naharaim and Aram-Zobah (Psalm...
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    monarchic period, Bashan was contested between the kingdoms of Israel and Aram-Damascus. Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria eventually intervened, removing Bashan...
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  • Zobah (redirect from Aram-zobah)
    Hebrew Bible manuscript called in Hebrew "Keter Aram-Zoba", meaning "Crown of Aleppo" Aram-Damascus, another Iron Age Aramean kingdom Hamath-zobah, biblical...
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    Hazael (category Kings of Aram-Damascus)
    חֲזָהאֵל, romanized: Ḥăzāʾēl) was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Bible. Under his reign, Aram-Damascus became an empire that ruled over large parts...
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    Tel Dan stele (category Aram-Damascus)
    erected the stele, according to the Hebrew Bible, is Hazael, king of Aram-Damascus, whose language would have been Old Aramaic. He is mentioned in 2 Kings...
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    Geshur (redirect from Aram Geschur)
    annexed in the third quarter of the ninth century by Hazael, the king of Aram-Damascus. Geshur is identified with the area stretching along the eastern shore...
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  • Paddan Aram or Padan-aram (Hebrew: פַדַּן אֲרָם, romanized: Paddan ʾĂrām) was a biblical region referring to the northern plain of Aram-Naharaim. Paddan...
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    Immanuel (category Aram-Damascus)
    (called Ephraim in the prophecy) and Syria (also known as Aram or Aram-Damascus or Syria-Damascus). Isaiah 7:1–2 tells how the kings of Ephraim and Syria...
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  • of the alliance led by Aram-Damascus and Israel against Shalmaneser III of Assyria. Shalmaneser III later campaigned to Damascus and Mount Ḥawrān in 841...
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    the clan. Syria remained the Umayyads' main power base thereafter, with Damascus as their capital. The Umayyads continued the Muslim conquests, conquering...
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    independent state of Aram-Damascus (11th century – 733 BC), naming the main city as ‘Dimashqu’ or ‘Darmeseq’. Throughout its history, Damascus has been part...
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    Naaman (category Aram-Damascus)
     'pleasantness') was a commander of the armies of Hadadezer, the king of Aram-Damascus, in the time of Jehoram, King of Northern Israel (Samaria). According...
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    related to the biblical verse that mentions its capture by Hazael of Aram Damascus. A Gittite is a person from Gath. Gath is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible...
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  • Ben-Hadad I (category Kings of Aram-Damascus)
    romanized: Ben-Hăḏaḏ), son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion, was king of Aram-Damascus between 885 BCE and 865 BCE. Ben-Hadad I was reportedly a contemporary...
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  • kingdoms included: Aram-Damascus, Hamath, Bit Adini, Bit Bahiani, Bit Hadipe, Aram-Bet Rehob, Aram-Zobah, Bit-Zamani, Bit-Halupe and Aram-Ma'akah, as well...
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    as, for the most part, Judah had engaged in a military alliance with Aram-Damascus, opening a northern front against Israel. The conflict between Israel...
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    the apostasy of Israel. After these events, Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram-Damascus, besieged Israel and threatened to capture Ahab's wives, including Jezebel...
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    it was home to biblical Geshur, which was later incorporated into Aram-Damascus. After Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian rule, the region came under...
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  • This is a list of rulers of Damascus from ancient times to the present. General context: History of Damascus. Rezon I (c. 950 BC) Tabrimmon Ben-Hadad I...
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    Greek translations of the Old Testament, mainly indicating the kings of Aram-Damascus. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the region...
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    Battle of Qarqar (category Military history of Aram-Damascus)
    King Benhadad II of Aram-Damascus; and Ahab, king of Israel. This battle, fought during the 854–846 BC Assyrian conquest of Aram, is notable for having...
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  • some are also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Aram (region) Bit-Halupe Gambulu Luhuti Maacah Osroene Paddan Aram Syria (region) History of Syria List of Syrian...
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    subjugating previously influential kingdoms, notably ending the kingdom of Aram-Damascus. Tiglath-Pileser's activities in the Levant were recorded in the Hebrew...
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    city-states on the Mediterranean coast, and the kingdoms of Moab, Ammon, and Aram-Damascus east of the Jordan River, and Edom to the south. The northern Levant...
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    Hadadezer (category Kings of Aram-Damascus)
    romanized: dIM-id-ri), and possibly the same as Bar- or Ben-Hadad II, was the king of Aram-Damascus between 865 and 842 BC. The Hebrew Bible states that Hadadezer (which...
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