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The kings of Aram Damascus were the Old Testament 'kings of Syria', and were to prove troublesome to their enemies for over a century and-a-half. The second book of Samuel and the two books of Kings are especially useful in recording their exploits during this period.
With this new information it is possible to assign the stela to Hazael, king of Aram-Damascus, who undoubtedly set it up in Dan to commemorate his victory over Joram and Ahaziah at Ramoth-Gilead in ca. 841 BC (2 Kgs 8:28–29)." (The Tel Dan Stela and the Kings of Aram and Israel, Bryant G. Wood, Bible and Spade 13:2, p 60, 2000 AD) IV.
It was also used to refer to Aramean kings in the Greek translations of the Old Testament, mainly indicating the kings of Aram-Damascus. Following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I , the region came under the rule of France , the United Kingdom and Prince Faisal of Hejaz , who was proclaimed King of Syria on 8 March 1920.
Conversely, Israelite religious influence on the Arameans is evident in the episode of Naaman, army commander of the king of Aram-Damascus (ii Kings 5:15–17), as well as in the names of two kings of (neo-Hittite) Hammath, which contain the theophoric element yahu: Joram (ii Sam. 8:10), whose name also appears in the form Hadoram (i Chron. 18: ...
This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, “Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?” “None of us, my lord the king,” said one of his officers, “but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.” “Go, find out where he is,” the king ordered, “so I can send men and ...
22 Hazael king of Aram oppressed Israel throughout the reign of Jehoahaz. 23 But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence. 24 Hazael king of Aram died, and Ben-Hadad his ...
Aram in the Pentateuch. Damascus. —In Rabbinical Literature: Location. —Biblical Data: The name of a group of kindred tribes scattered over portions of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Arabia. It is not the name of a country or of a politically independent people; for the Aramaic peoples were never all independent at the same period; neither did ...
