^18 (A)Damascus did business with you for your abundant goods, because of your great wealth of every kind; wine of Helbon and ^(B)wool of Sahar

² and asked him for letters ^(A)to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to ^(B)the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

^16 (A)Berothah, Sibraim (which lies on the border between ^(B)Damascus and ^(C)Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran. ¹⁷ So the boundary shall run from the sea to ^(D)Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.^[a] This shall be the north side.^[b]

¹⁸ “On the east side, the boundary shall run between Hauran and Damascus; along the Jordan between ^(E)Gilead and the land of Israel; to ^(F)the eastern sea and as far as Tamar.^[c] This shall be the east side.

²⁴ And he gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band, ^(A)after the killing by David. And they went to Damascus and lived there and made him king in Damascus. ²⁵ He was an adversary of Israel all the days of Solomon, doing harm as Hadad did. And he loathed Israel and reigned over Syria.

² But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue^[a] childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

¹⁵ And he divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus.