I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
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Glossary
- Damascus Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Damascus.
- Beth-eden Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Til Barsip.
- Kir Place
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A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus ( 2 Kings 16:9 ; Amos 1:5 ; 9:7 ). Modern identification: Der.
- Syria Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.
- Valley of Aven Place
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Biblical valley. Modern identification: Baalbek.