The region north and east of Israel, a Roman province with Antioch as a major city. The name appears in Judges, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 10 more in the King James text.
About Syria
The region north and east of Israel, a Roman province with Antioch as a major city.
Its place in the story
Syria is where Jesus' fame spread early in his ministry, and people came from there for healing. Antioch in Syria became a major center of the early church and the base for Paul's journeys.
Syria in Scripture (KJV)
“And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.”
“Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.”
“Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.”
“For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.”
“And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.”
“Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,”
The region north and east of Israel, a Roman province with Antioch as a major city. The name appears in Judges, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 10 more in the King James text.
What happened at Syria?
Syria is where Jesus' fame spread early in his ministry, and people came from there for healing. Antioch in Syria became a major center of the early church and the base for Paul's journeys.