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Damsyik
Aktivitas, kota paling kuno di kawasan Timur; ibu kota Siria (Yesaya 7:8; 17:3); terletak sekitar 214 kilometer di sebelah utara Yerusalem. Nama modernnya adalah Asy-Syam; yaitu, “Timur”.
Letak kota ini konon merupakan yang terindah di seluruh Asia Barat. Kota ini disebutkan di antara daerah-daerah taklukan raja Mesir Tutmosis III (1500 SM), dan dalam surat-surat Amarna (1400 SM).
Kota ini pertama kali disebutkan dalam Kitab Suci sehubungan dengan kemenangan Abraham atas raja-raja sekutu di bawah Kedorlaomer (Kejadian 14:15). Kota ini merupakan tempat asal dari hamba kepercayaan Abraham (Kejadian 15:2). Kota ini tidak disebutkan lagi hingga zaman Daud, ketika “orang Aram dari Damsyik datang untuk menolong Hadadezer” (lihat entri ini), 2 Samuel 8:5; 1 Tawarikh 18:5. Pada masa pemerintahan Salomo, Rezon menjadi pemimpin gerombolan yang memberontak terhadap Hadadezer (1 Raja-raja 11:23), lalu mereka pergi ke Damsyik, menetap di sana, dan mengangkat pemimpin mereka menjadi raja. Terjadi perang yang panjang dengan hasil yang silih berganti antara orang Israel dan orang Aram, yang pada masa berikutnya menjadi sekutu Israel untuk melawan Yehuda (2 Raja-raja 15:37).
Orang-orang Aram pada akhirnya ditundukkan oleh bangsa Asyur, kota Damsyik direbut dan dihancurkan, serta penduduknya diangkut tertawan ke Asyur (2 Raja-raja 16:7-9; bdk. Yesaya 7:8). Dalam peristiwa ini, nubuat digenapi (Yesaya 17:1; Amos 1:4; Yeremia 49:24). Kerajaan Siria tetap menjadi provinsi Asyur hingga Niniwe direbut oleh orang Madai (625 SM), saat kota itu jatuh ke tangan para penakluk. Setelah melalui berbagai perubahan zaman, Siria diserbu oleh bangsa Romawi (64 SM), dan Damsyik menjadi pusat pemerintahan provinsi tersebut. Pada 37 M, Aretas, raja Arabia, menguasai Damsyik setelah memukul mundur Herodes Antipas.
Kota ini patut dikenang sebagai tempat pertobatan Saul (Kisah Para Rasul 9:1-25). Jalan yang disebut “Lurus”, tempat Yudas tinggal dan tempat Saul ditemukan oleh Ananias di rumah itu, dikenal dengan nama Sultany, atau “Jalan Ratu”. Jalan ini merupakan jalan utama kota tersebut. Paulus mengunjungi Damsyik lagi sekembalinya dari Arabia (Galatia 1:16, 17). Kekristenan ditanamkan di sini sebagai sebuah pusat (Kisah Para Rasul 9:20), yang dari sana menyebar ke daerah-daerah sekitarnya.
Pada 634 M, Damsyik ditaklukkan oleh kekuatan Islam yang sedang berkembang. Pada 1516 M, kota ini jatuh ke bawah kekuasaan bangsa Turki, penguasa saat ini. Kota ini sekarang merupakan kota terbesar di wilayah Turki di Asia. Kekristenan telah kembali menemukan pijakan yang kukuh di dalam tembok-temboknya.
Sumber: Kamus Alkitab Easton
Garis waktu
Setiap peristiwa yang disebutkan dalam Kitab Suci di Damsyik, disusun sesuai urutan narasi Alkitab. Ikuti kisahnya saat terungkap di sana, dari penyebutan pertama hingga terakhir.
Graf hubungan
Posisi Damsyik dalam kisah Alkitab yang lebih luas, menghubungkan orang-orang, tempat-tempat, keluarga, dan peristiwa yang terkait dengan kehidupan mereka. Lihat bagaimana hubungan-hubungan ini saling tumpang tindih dan membentuk satu gambaran utuh, bukan daftar-daftar terpisah.
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Referensi Kitab Suci
55 ayat menyebutkan Damsyik
| Referensi | Ayat |
|---|---|
| Genesis 14:15 | And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. |
| Genesis 15:2 | And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? |
| 2 Samuel 8:5 | And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. |
| 2 Samuel 8:6 | 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. |
| 1 Kings 11:24 | And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. |
| 1 Kings 15:18 | 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, |
| 1 Kings 19:15 | And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: |
| 1 Kings 20:34 | And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. |
| 2 Kings 5:12 | Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. |
| 2 Kings 8:7 | And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. |
| 2 Kings 8:9 | So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? |
| 2 Kings 14:28 | Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
| 2 Kings 16:9 | And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. |
| 2 Kings 16:10 | And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. |
| 2 Kings 16:11 | And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. |
| 2 Kings 16:12 | And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. |
| 1 Chronicles 18:5 | And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. |
| 1 Chronicles 18:6 | Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. |
| 2 Chronicles 16:2 | Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king’s house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, |
| 2 Chronicles 24:23 | And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. |
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