Damascus

創世記 15:2
亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我既無子，你還賜我什麼呢？並且要承受我家業的是大馬士革人以利以謝。」

列王紀上 11:24,25
大衛擊殺瑣巴人的時候，利遜招聚了一群人，自己做他們的頭目，往大馬士革居住，在那裡做王。…

以賽亞書 7:8
原來亞蘭的首城是大馬士革，大馬士革的首領是利汛。六十五年之內，以法蓮必然破壞，不再成為國民。

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。

90 miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and

100 from the Euphrates, in lat.

36 deg

11'25 north, long.

37 deg

9 east; and previous to its destruction by an earthquake in

1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were variously estimated at from

100,000 to

258,00 souls