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.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 14:15 Lit himself
  2. Genesis 14:15 Lit struck
  3. Genesis 14:15 Lit on the left

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?”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:2 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Genesis 15:2 Lit go
  3. Genesis 15:2 Lit son of acquisition

(A)So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and (B)captured it, and led the people of it into exile to (C)Kir, and put Rezin to death.

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Prophecy against Damascus

23 Concerning (A)Damascus:
(B)Hamath and (C)Arpad are put to shame,
For they have heard bad news;
They (D)despair.
There is anxiety at the sea,
It (E)cannot be calmed.

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This is what the Lord says:
“For (A)three offenses of (B)Damascus, and for four,
I will not [a]revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.
So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael,
And it will consume the citadels of (C)Ben-hadad.
I will also (D)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And eliminate every inhabitant from the [b]Valley of Aven,
As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will be exiled to (E)Kir,”
Says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:3 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch
  2. Amos 1:5 Possibly Baalbek

Prophecies against Neighboring Nations

The pronouncement of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach, with (A)Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of mankind, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord),

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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:2 See John 14:6

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