A dictionary of the . she is mentioned, Acts 17 : 34,immediately after Dionysius the Areop-agite, Chrysostom and others maintainedshe was the latters wife. But the verymode of mentioning— a woman named—is against the conjecture. DAMASCUS, the most ancient andfamous city of Syria, 133 miles north-eastof Jerusalem, at the base of Anti-Leb-anon mountains. It is on a fertile plain30 miles in diameter, with mountains onthree sides. The plain is well wateredby the Barada, the Chrysorrhoas (orGolden Stream) of the Greeks, theAbana of Scripture; and El Awaj ( thecrooked), the Pharpar of Script
A dictionary of the . she is mentioned, Acts 17 : 34,immediately after Dionysius the Areop-agite, Chrysostom and others maintainedshe was the latters wife. But the verymode of mentioning— a woman named—is against the conjecture. DAMASCUS, the most ancient andfamous city of Syria, 133 miles north-eastof Jerusalem, at the base of Anti-Leb-anon mountains. It is on a fertile plain30 miles in diameter, with mountains onthree sides. The plain is well wateredby the Barada, the Chrysorrhoas (orGolden Stream) of the Greeks, theAbana of Scripture; and El Awaj ( thecrooked), the Pharpar of Scripture. 2Kgs. 5 : 12. These streams flow intomeadow-lakes 18 miles east of the lies 2260 feet above the sea-level. The climate is delightful: frostis not uncommon in winter, but fire-places are unknown: in summer thethermometer marks 100° to 104°, but thenights are cool and the dews heavy; yetthe people sleep on the flat roofs of theirhouses. Damascus is called by the Arabs the Eye of the Desert and the Pearl. DAM DAN of the East. It is to the Mohammedanthe earthly reflection of paradise. Thechief cause of its beauty and fertility isthe abundance of water, which calls fortha most luxuriant vegetation round aboutthe city, and makes it a blooming oasisin the midst of a vast desert. History.—Damascus is called the old-est city in the world ; said by Josephusto have been founded by Uz, a grandsonof Shem ; Abraham visited it, Gen. 14 : 15 ; 15 : 2; it was conquered by David, 2Sam. 8 : 5, 6 : was allied with Israel andagainst Israel, 1 Kgs. 15 : 18, 20; 2 Chr. 16 : 3 ; was taken by Tiglath-pileser; de-
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