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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.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Dammeśeq Biblical Hebrew
  • dmšq Aramaic
  • Δαμασκὸς Damascos, Damaskos Greek
  • Damaspo Latin
  • Ša imērīšu Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Zobah ZOBAH Samaria Samaria Kir Kir Hazar-enan Hazar-enan Hauran HAURAN Hamath Hamath Gilead GILEAD Assyria ASSYRIA Arpad Arpad Aram ARAM Jerusalem Jerusalem Damascus Damascus 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city mountain known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH SYRIA 1 · JERUSALEM · HAMATH 1 · SAMARIA AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Citadel of Damascus.

Citadel of Damascus.

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DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • 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

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

46 PASSAGES · 15 BOOKS

Genesis 2
2 Samuel 1
1 Kings 4
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 4
Song of Songs 1
Isaiah 5
Jeremiah 2
Ezekiel 3
Amos 4
Zechariah 1
Acts 11
2 Corinthians 1
Galatians 1

WHAT HAPPENED HERE

  1. The conversion of Saul AD 34

    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

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