Biblical place

Where was Syria?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Damascus.

First appears in Joshua 1:4 · 10 books · 34 chapters

Overview

Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.

Syria is represented in the local geography layer as Damascus. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 1:4 and is mentioned across 10 books, with 89 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 111 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 123 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 130 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 172 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Syria today

Travel to Syria, the modern-day Damascus.

Syria is commonly identified with Damascus, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Syria is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Damascus

Aram

33.511°N · 36.306°E

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