Syria

2 Kings

Perfect Timing and Dark Turns

Syria is the enemy nation Elisha enters willingly, demonstrating that God's prophetic word operates beyond Israel's borders — even into the courts of hostile foreign kings.

2 Kings

The Prophet's Last Arrow

Syria functions here as the rod of God's discipline — the nation repeatedly crushing Israel militarily, reducing its army to a skeleton force, as the direct result of Jehoahaz's spiritual failures.

Isaiah

Don't Fear What They Fear

Syria appears here as the northern power that has partnered with Israel to form a military alliance threatening Judah, triggering the crisis Isaiah is now commissioned to address with a public prophetic act.

Isaiah

The City That Disappeared Overnight

Syria appears here as the nation whose capital, Damascus, is under judgment — its alliance with the northern kingdom of Israel is about to bring both powers down together.

Acts

Mistaken for Gods, Left for Dead

Syria identifies this Antioch as the Syrian one — the sending church, distinct from the Pisidian Antioch that sent agitators — and anchors the journey's conclusion in the community that launched it.

Acts

The Tentmaker, the Trial, and the Teacher Who Almost Had It Right

Syria is Paul's destination as he sets sail from Corinth — heading toward Antioch, his home base and sending church, to report back before launching the next journey.

Acts

The Longest Sermon and the Last Goodbye

Syria was Paul's original intended destination by sea, but a discovered plot against his life forced him to abandon this route and travel overland through Macedonia instead.

Numbers

Blueprint for a Homeland

Before Israel takes a single step into Canaan, God draws the borders of their future homeland with surveyor-level precision and appoints trustworthy leaders from every tribe to divide it fairly. It's a masterclass in how God delivers on promises — not with vague assurances, but with blueprints, accountability, and named leadership.

2 Kings

The Day Nobody Believed Was Coming

The Syrian army is the besieging force that has driven Samaria to the brink of starvation — the enemy whose inexplicable flight will become the mechanism of God's rescue.

2 Kings

The Man Who Went Too Far

Syria under Hazael is the nation that defeats Israel across its eastern territories during Jehu's reign, serving in the narrative as the external force through which God's discipline on Jehu's incomplete reform is expressed.

2 Kings

The Kingdom That Kept Eating Itself

Syria is the neighboring power whose king Rezin God begins sending against Judah during Jotham's reign — this is not random geopolitics but a divinely directed pressure that will intensify dramatically under Ahaz.

2 Kings

The King Who Sold Everything

Syria is the foreign power that has teamed up with Israel's northern kingdom to crush Ahaz — their joint siege of Jerusalem marks the crisis moment that defines the rest of the chapter.

2 Chronicles

The One Thing Solomon Asked For

Syria is named here as one of the destinations in Solomon's export trade — alongside the Hittites, Syrian kings were buyers in the international military-equipment market Solomon was running.

2 Chronicles

The Shortest Reign and the Rescue Nobody Saw Coming

Syria is the enemy nation whose forces struck Joram at Ramoth-gilead, triggering his retreat to Jezreel and inadvertently creating the meeting point where Ahaziah will encounter Jehu.

2 Chronicles

The King Who Forgot Who Saved Him

Syria marches against Judah here as God's instrument of judgment — their disproportionate victory over a larger army is the text's evidence that military outcomes are ultimately determined by covenant faithfulness.

2 Chronicles

The King Who Burned It All Down

Syria is listed as one of the multiple enemies simultaneously devastating Judah, having already defeated Ahaz and taken captives to Damascus — part of the multi-front collapse of his reign.

Jeremiah

No Nation Beyond Reach

Syria is identified here as the nation of which Damascus is the capital — one of the ancient world's great powers whose fame and longevity are shown to offer no protection against God's declared judgment.

Amos

The Shepherd Who Spoke Thunder

Syria (Aram) is identified here as the nation whose capital, Damascus, committed atrocities against Gilead — its fortresses and rulers are now named as targets of God's coming fire.