¹⁵ During the night Abram divided his men^(A) to attack them and he routed them, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.^(B)

² But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,^(A) what can you give me since I remain childless^(B) and the one who will inherit^[a] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?^(C)”

¹² Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters^(A) of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage.^(B)

² Asa then took the silver and gold out of the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of his own palace and sent it to Ben-Hadad king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus.^(A)

A Prophecy Against Damascus

17 A prophecy^(A) against Damascus:^(B)

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

³ This is what the Lord says:

² and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,^(A) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,^(B) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem.