¹⁵ Then ^(A)he divided ^[a]his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and ^[b]defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is ^[c]north of ^(B)Damascus.

² But Abram said, “Lord ^[a]God, what will You give me, since I ^[b]am childless, and the ^[c]heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

¹² Are ^[a]Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, not better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and ^(A)went away in a rage.

² Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the king’s house, and sent it to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,

⁸ For the head of Aram is ^(A)Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces, so that it is no longer a people),

Prophecy about Damascus

17 The ^(A)pronouncement concerning ^(B)Damascus:

² and asked for ^(A)letters from him to ^(B)the synagogues in ^(C)Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^[a](D)the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them in shackles to Jerusalem.