the Syrians: 2 Samuel 8:5-6; 1 Kings 11:23-24
Damascus: Heb. Darmesek
to help: Isaiah 8:9-10
Zobah: 1 Chronicles 18:3; 1 Samuel 14:47
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1 Chronicles 18:5
1 Chronicles 18:5
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