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     * 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.