Atlas Biblica

    place

    Damascus

    דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקΔαμασκηνός

    Damascus, an ancient city in Syria, played a significant role in biblical history.

    Where the story of Damascus happens Damascus, and 1 place the claims reach, framed to them: Damascus, Sibraim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.DamascusSibraim
    Damascus, and 1 place the claims reach
    verses
    55
    first named
    Genesis 14:15
    last named
    Galatians 1:17
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    33.51°N · 36.31°E
    settlement33.51°N · 36.31°E

    Damascus (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Illustration2 Corinthians 11Paul's escape from the governor's attempt to seize him by being let down through a wall in a basket.

    Description

    Damascus in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, serving as the capital of Syria. It is first mentioned in Genesis 14:15 in connection with Abraham's rescue of Lot. Later, David brought the city under Israelite control (2Sa.8.5-6), but it regained its independence during Solomon's reign (1Ki.11.24). Damascus was involved in conflicts with Israel and Judah, often aligning with their enemies (1Ki.15.18; 2Ki.16.9). The city was known for its beauty and prosperity, with references to its fertile gardens and bustling trade (Sng.7.4; Ezk.27.18). In the New Testament, Damascus is significant as the place of Paul's conversion on the road to the city (Act.9.1-19). The city played a crucial role in the early spread of Christianity, with Paul spending time there after his conversion (Galatians 1:17).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Stands in the same events as

    and 24 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    The pattern

    Where Damascus is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 55 verses across 15 of 66 books; 51 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–2 CHRONICLES20 VERSESSONG OF SONGS–JEREMIAH9 VERSESACTS13 VERSES7 books and 268 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 55 verses across 15 of 66 books; 51 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL–2 CHRONICLES20 VERSESSONG OF SONGS–JEREMIAH9 VERSESACTS13 VERSES7 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Damascus is named in 55 verses, and the name is written 61 times in them — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 51 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 55, across 15 books. The name is written 61 times in them.

    1. Genesis2 verses

      14:1515:2

    2. 2 Samuel2 verses

      8:58:6

    3. 1 Kings4 verses

      11:2415:1819:1520:34

    4. 2 Kings8 verses

      5:128:78:914:2816:916:1016:1116:12

    5. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      18:518:6

    6. 2 Chronicles4 verses

      16:224:2328:528:23

    7. Song of Songs1 verse

      7:4

    8. Isaiah5 verses

      7:88:410:917:117:3

    9. Jeremiah3 verses

      49:2349:2449:27

    10. Ezekiel5 verses

      27:1847:1647:1747:1848:1

    11. Amos3 verses

      1:31:55:27

    12. Zechariah1 verse

      9:1

    13. Acts13 verses

      9:29:39:89:109:199:229:2722:522:622:1022:1126:1226:20

    14. 2 Corinthians1 verse

      11:32

    15. Galatians1 verse

      1:17

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

    Where they appear

    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

    7 more chapters, from Amos 1 to Galatians 1

    Sources

    What this rests on