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I will break down the city gate of Damascus. I will cut off the king who lives in the Valley of Aven. He holds the ruler's rod in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be taken away to Kir as prisoners," says the Lord.
Reference
📍 Locations
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Hebrew: qûwr
to trench; by implication, to throw forth; to wall up, whether literal (to build a wall) or figurative (to estop)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: πόλις (pólis)
a town (properly, with walls, of greater or less size)
Hebrew: qiryâʼ
{building; a city}
Greek: πύλη (pýlē)
a gate, i.e. the leaf or wing of a folding entrance (literally or figuratively)
Greek: Δαμασκός (Damaskós)
Damascus, a city of Syria
Hebrew: Dammeseq
Damascus, a city of Syria
Greek: μέ (mé)
me
Hebrew: ʼănâʼ
I
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἀποκόπτω (apokóptō)
to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts)
Hebrew: bâtsar
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: βασιλεύω (basileúō)
to rule (literally or figuratively)
Hebrew: melek
a king
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx)
a gap or chasm, i.e. ravine (winter-torrent)
Hebrew: gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Hebrew: ʼÂven
Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr)
a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan
Hebrew: shilṭôwn
{a potentate}
Greek: ῥάβδος (rhábdos)
a stick or wand (as a cudgel, a cane or a baton of royalty)
Hebrew: chôṭêr
a twig
Hebrew: ʻEden
Eden, a place in Mesopotamia
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: Ἀράμ (Arám)
Aram (i.e. Ram), an Israelite
Hebrew: ʼĂrâm
Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: ἔξω (éxō)
out(-side, of doors), literally or figuratively
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Verse Explanation
God promises to break the gate of Damascus, remove its people from the Valley of Aven and Beth-eden, and send the Arameans into exile under an Assyrian ruler, bringing an end to their independence.
History
732 BC: Tiglath-pileser III conquered Damascus and ended the Aramean kingdom.