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18 “Damascus sent merchants to buy your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar.

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18 “‘Damascus(A) did business with you because of your many products and great wealth of goods.(B) They offered wine from Helbon, wool from Zahar

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for Syria is no stronger than its capital, Damascus,
    and Damascus is no stronger than its king, Rezin.
As for Israel, within sixty-five years
    it will be crushed and completely destroyed.

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for the head of Aram is Damascus,(A)
    and the head of Damascus is only Rezin.(B)
Within sixty-five years
    Ephraim will be too shattered(C) to be a people.

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He requested letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, asking for their cooperation in the arrest of any followers of the Way he found there. He wanted to bring them—both men and women—back to Jerusalem in chains.

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and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,(A) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,(B) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

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16 then it will run to Berothah and Sibraim,[a] which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath, and finally to Hazer-hatticon, on the border of Hauran. 17 So the northern border will run from the Mediterranean to Hazar-enan, on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south.

18 “The eastern border starts at a point between Hauran and Damascus and runs south along the Jordan River between Israel and Gilead, past the Dead Sea[b] and as far south as Tamar.[c] This will be the eastern border.

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Footnotes

  1. 47:15-16 As in Greek version; Masoretic Text reads then on through Lebo to Zedad; 16 then it will run to Hamath, Berothah, and Sibraim.
  2. 47:18a Hebrew the eastern sea.
  3. 47:18b As in Greek version; Hebrew reads you will measure.

16 Berothah[a](A) and Sibraim (which lies on the border between Damascus and Hamath),(B) as far as Hazer Hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. 17 The boundary will extend from the sea to Hazar Enan,[b] along the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.(C)

18 “On the east side the boundary will run between Hauran and Damascus, along the Jordan between Gilead and the land of Israel, to the Dead Sea and as far as Tamar.[c] This will be the eastern boundary.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 47:16 See Septuagint and 48:1; Hebrew road to go into Zedad, 16 Hamath, Berothah.
  2. Ezekiel 47:17 Hebrew Enon, a variant of Enan
  3. Ezekiel 47:18 See Syriac; Hebrew Israel. You will measure to the Dead Sea.

24 and had become the leader of a gang of rebels. After David conquered Hadadezer, Rezon and his men fled to Damascus, where he became king. 25 Rezon was Israel’s bitter adversary for the rest of Solomon’s reign, and he made trouble, just as Hadad did. Rezon hated Israel intensely and continued to reign in Aram.

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24 When David destroyed Zobah’s army, Rezon gathered a band of men around him and became their leader; they went to Damascus,(A) where they settled and took control. 25 Rezon was Israel’s adversary as long as Solomon lived, adding to the trouble caused by Hadad. So Rezon ruled in Aram(B) and was hostile toward Israel.

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But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? Since you’ve given me no children, Eliezer of Damascus, a servant in my household, will inherit all my wealth.

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But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(A) what can you give me since I remain childless(B) and the one who will inherit[a] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

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15 During the night Abram divided his men(A) to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.(B)

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