Zobah: Difference between revisions

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[[Alexander Kirkpatrick|A. F. Kirkpatrick]], in the [[Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges]] (1896), places it broadly between [[Damascus]] and the [[Euphrates]].<ref name="CBSC">Kirkpatrick, A. F., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/cambridge/1_samuel/14.htm Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on 1 Samuel 14], accessed 26 July 2019</ref> It is thought by some to have extended from the [[Beqaa Valley]] along the eastern side of the [[Anti-Lebanon Mountains]], reaching [[Hamath]] to the north and [[Damascus]] to the south, making it at one time a state of considerable importance.{{fact|date=July 2019}}

Some sources indicate that Zobah city is the modern city of [[Homs]] in Syria,{{sfn|Porter|1868|p=308}} or [[Anjar, Lebanon|Anjar]] in [[Lebanon]]'s Bekaa Valley.<ref>[http://www.subaa.com/chapterDetails.php?chapterID=25 كتاب صوبا - تاريخ وطن وحياة قرية {{in lang|ar}}]</ref> In later Assyrian documents it may have been named a provincial center derived from the recently incorporated city of Damascus, which might be [[Deir Khabiyah]] west of [[Al-Kiswah]].<ref>[http://www.nesrosuryoyo.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2257 مملكة آرام حماة {{in lang|ar}}]</ref>{{dubious|Almost unintelligible English.|date=July 2019}}

 

 

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