Aram-Damascus

Aram-Damascus ( ) was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant. Alongside various tribal lands, it was bounded in its later years by the polities of Assyria to the north, Ammon to the south, and Israel to the west.

broken stele (inscribed stone) discovered in 1993–94 during excavations at Tel Dan in northern Israel

thumb|Christ Emmanuel, Christian icon with [[riza by Simon Ushakov, 1668. According to the Gospel of Matthew, Immanuel refers to Jesus Christ.]] Immanuel or Emmanuel (, "God [is] with us"; Koine Greek: ) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the House of David.

thumb|Elisha refusing the gifts of Naaman, by [[Pieter de Grebber]] Naaman the Aramean () was a commander of the armies of Hadadezer, the king of Aram-Damascus, in the time of Jehoram, King of Northern Israel (Samaria).

Assyrian stelae

verse of the Book of Isaiah