to Damascus

列王紀上 19:15
耶和華對他說：「你回去，從曠野往大馬士革去。到了那裡，就要膏哈薛做亞蘭王，

列王紀上 20:34
便哈達對王說：「我父從你父那裡所奪的城邑，我必歸還。你可以在大馬士革立街市，像我父在撒馬利亞所立的一樣。」亞哈說：「我照此立約，放你回去。」就與他立約，放他去了。

創世記 14:15
便在夜間，自己同僕人分隊殺敗敵人，又追到大馬士革左邊的何把，

使徒行傳 9:2
求文書給大馬士革的各會堂，若是找著信奉這道的人，無論男女，都准他捆綁帶到耶路撒冷。

136 miles N. of Jerusalem,

195 S. of Antioch, and

276 S.S.W. of Deabekir, 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