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Aram-zobah

Aram-zobah (Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 (identified with Damascus ). It is closely linked with Zobah (Biblical Place • Zedad • 34.313°N, 36.925°E): region. Referenced in 1 Sam 14:47 , 2 Sam 8:3 , 2 Sam 8:5 , 2 Sam 8:12 , 2 Sam 10:6 .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Aram (Generation 12 • Child of Shem ): ( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 10 , Genesis 22 , Numbers 23 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Aram-zobah (Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 (identified with Damascus ).) Zobah (region. Referenced in 1 Sam 14:47 , 2 Sam 8:3 , 2 Sam 8:5 , 2 Sam 8:12 , 2 Sam 10:6 .) Aram (Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 23:7 , 2 Sam 8:6 , 2 Sam 15:8 , 1 Chr 2:23 , Hos 12:12 .) Aram-maacah (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 19:6 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Tel Dan Stele ( House of David Inscription ) — Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Chronicles 8:3 : "And Solomon went to Hamath –zobah, and prevailed against it."; 2 Samuel 23:36 : "Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah , Bani the Gadite,"; 1 Chronicles 18:9 : "Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ;".

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Topics, People & Places (36)

Aram-zobah
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Biblical Place • Damascus • 33.519°N, 36.313°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 (identified with Damascus ).

Zobah
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Biblical Place • Zedad • 34.313°N, 36.925°E

region. Referenced in 1 Sam 14:47 , 2 Sam 8:3 , 2 Sam 8:5 , 2 Sam 8:12 , 2 Sam 10:6 .

Aram
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Biblical Place • 34.850°N, 39.120°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 23:7 , 2 Sam 8:6 , 2 Sam 15:8 , 1 Chr 2:23 , Hos 12:12 .

Aram
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Generation 12 • Child of Shem

( Genesis 10:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:17 ) The kingdom of Aram was a constant enemy of Israel in the time of the kings ( 1 Kings 11:23 , 1 Kings 20:1 , 1 Kings 20:20-23 )

Aram-maacah
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Biblical Place • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 19:6 .

Zobah-Hamath
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Biblical Place • Zedad • 34.313°N, 36.925°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 18:3 (identified with Zedad ).

Aram-naharaim
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Biblical Place • 35.100°N, 42.000°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 60:1 .

Hamath-zobah
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Biblical Place • Hamath • 35.136°N, 36.749°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 8:3 (identified with Hamath ).

Paddan-aram
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Biblical Place • Haran • 36.864°N, 39.032°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 25:20 , Gen 28:2 , Gen 28:5 , Gen 28:6 , Gen 28:7 , Gen 31:18 (identified with Haran ).

Beth-haram
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Biblical Place • 31.817°N, 35.583°E

~. Referenced in Josh 13:27 .

Maacath
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Biblical Place • Aram-maacah • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 13:13 (identified with Aram-maacah ).

Map of Jacob's Travels in Canaan and Paddan-Aram
IMAGE • maps

Route of Jacob from Beersheba to Bethel , Haran , Peniel ( Jabbok River), and Shechem .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Tel Dan Stele — 'House of David' (Bytdwd) Inscription
IMAGE • archaeology

Ninth-century BCE basalt stele fragment discovered in northern Israel preserving the earliest extra-biblical reference to King David 's dynasty (' House of David ').

Aram-Damascus Stonecutters • Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Maacah
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Biblical Place • Aram-maacah • 33.200°N, 36.500°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Sam 10:6 , 2 Sam 10:8 , 2 Sam 23:34 , 1 Chr 19:7 (identified with Aram-maacah ).

פְּלַח
pelah (pǝlaḥ) [pel-AKH]
H6399 Aramaic verb 10x
to serve, revere, minister to (God)

To serve, worship, minister religiously to God; used of the universal worship rendered to the Son of Man ('all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him', Daniel 7:14, 27).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to פָּלַח (H6398).
שְׁלֵוָה
selewa (šǝlēwâ) [shel-ay-VAW]
H7951 Aramaic noun feminine 1x
prosperity, peace, tranquillity

Tranquillity, prosperous peace granted by God or deceitfully enjoyed by proud rulers (Daniel 4:27).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to שַׁלְוָה (H7962).
מַלְכוּ
malku (malḵû) [mal-KHOO]
H4437 Aramaic noun feminine 57x
kingdom, sovereign dominion, reign

Kingdom, empire, royal rule; the indestructible everlasting kingdom set up by the God of heaven breaking in pieces all human kingdoms (Daniel 2:44, 7:14).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to מַלְכוּת (H4438).
Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • 2 Kings 8–9

Broken 9th-century BC basalt stele discovered at Tel Dan in 1993–1994 containing an Old Aramaic victory inscription of King Hazael of Aram - Damascus that explicitly references the ' House of David ' (bytdwd) alongside Kings Jehoram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah .

Beth-haran
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Biblical Place • Beth-haram • 31.817°N, 35.583°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 32:36 (identified with Beth-haram ).

Scripture Passages (24)

And Solomon went to Hamath –zobah, and prevailed against it.

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah , Bani the Gadite,

Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ;

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath , as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates .

And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah :

David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob , king of Zobah , as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates .

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah , David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah , David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.

And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah : and they went to Damascus , and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus .

Of 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 .

And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon ;

And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram .

And the children of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

The children of Shem ; Elam , and Asshur , and Arphaxad , and Lud , and Aram .

Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram ,

And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan –aram;

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah , and of Rehob , and Ish–tob, and Maacah , were by themselves in the field.

And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram ;

And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Paddan –aram, and blessed him.

The sons of Manasseh ; Asriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead :

And 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 –maacah, and out of Zobah .

So 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.

And 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 Zobah , twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.

The sons of Shem ; Elam , and Asshur , and Arphaxad , and Lud , and Aram , and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech .

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