* Damascus.
  Ge 15:2  1Ki 11:24,25  Isa 7:8  Ac 9:2 
 * Helbon.
   The Chalybon of the Greeks and Romans, now called by the
   natives Haleb, and by us Aleppo, said to have been so
   celebrated for its wine, that the Persian kings would drink no
   other.  It was a celebrated city of Syria, situated about 90
   miles from the Mediterranean by way of Antioch, and 100; from
   the Euphrates, in lat. 36; degrees 11' 25" north, long. 37
   degrees 9' east; and previous to its destruction by an
   earthquake in 1822, occupied, including its suburbs, eight
   small hills, with the intermediate valleys, comprehending a
   circuit of about seven miles; and its inhabitants were
   variously estimated at from 100,000; to 258,000; souls.