# Damascus

Syria · today Damascus

Saul was on his way to this city to arrest followers of Jesus, and on the road there he stops being Saul. One of the oldest inhabited cities in the world.

## Ancient names

- Dammeśeq: Biblical Hebrew
- dmšq: Aramaic
- Δαμασκὸς (Damascos): Greek
- Damaskos: Greek
- Damaspo: Latin
- Ša imērīšu: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678106).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/ib7e04c.jpg (Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Damascus_road_along_northern_Citadel_wall_5588.jpg).

## Passages

- **Genesis 14:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/14/15
- **Genesis 15:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/15/2
- **2 Samuel 8:5-6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-samuel/8/5
- **1 Kings 11:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/11/24
- **1 Kings 15:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/15/18
- **1 Kings 19:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/19/15
- **1 Kings 20:34** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/20/34
- **2 Kings 5:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/5/12
- **2 Kings 8:7** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/7
- **2 Kings 8:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/8/9
- **2 Kings 14:28** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/14/28
- **2 Kings 16:9-12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/16/9
- **1 Chronicles 18:5-6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/18/5
- **2 Chronicles 16:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/16/2
- **2 Chronicles 24:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/24/23
- **2 Chronicles 28:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/28/5
- **2 Chronicles 28:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/28/23
- **Song of Songs 7:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/song-of-songs/7/4
- **Isaiah 7:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/7/8
- **Isaiah 8:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/8/4
- **Isaiah 10:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/10/9
- **Isaiah 17:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/17/1
- **Isaiah 17:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/17/3
- **Jeremiah 49:23-24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/23
- **Jeremiah 49:27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/49/27
- **Ezekiel 27:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/18
- **Ezekiel 47:16-18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/47/16
- **Ezekiel 48:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/48/1
- **Amos 1:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/3
- **Amos 1:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/1/5
- **Amos 3:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/3/12
- **Amos 5:27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/amos/5/27
- **Zechariah 9:1-2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/9/1
- **Acts 9:1-19** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/1
- **Acts 9:2-3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/2
- **Acts 9:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/8
- **Acts 9:10** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/10
- **Acts 9:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/19
- **Acts 9:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/22
- **Acts 9:27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/27
- **Acts 22:5-6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/5
- **Acts 22:10-12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/10
- **Acts 26:12** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/12
- **Acts 26:20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/26/20
- **2 Corinthians 11:32** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-corinthians/11/32
- **Galatians 1:17** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/1/17

## What happened here

- **The conversion of Saul** (AD 34, approximate date)
  The persecutor goes blind on the road and spends three days without sight. The man who baptizes him is one of those he was coming to arrest.

## Coordinates

33.5111, 36.3064

## Straight-line distances

- **Samaria**: about 110 mi (170 km) in a straight line, 8 days on foot
- **Hamath 1**: about 120 mi (190 km) in a straight line, 9 days on foot
- **Arpad**: about 210 mi (340 km) in a straight line, 15 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 140 mi (220 km) in a straight line, 10 days on foot

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/damascus
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3766
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).