For the head of Syria - The "capital." The "head" is often used in this sense.

Is Damascus - For an account of this city, see …

The head of Syria is Damascus ... — The prediction of the failure of the alliance is emphasized. Each city, Damascus and …

Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let …

For the head of Syria is Damascus. It is as if he had said, “Those two kings shall have their limits, as they have them now. They aspire t…

For the head of Syria [is] Damascus. Damascus was the metropolis of Syria, the chief city in it, where the king had his p…

Ungodly men are often punished by others as bad as themselves. Being in great distress and confusion, the Jews gave up all for lost. They had made …

1. And it came to pa in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham. Here, the threat against the enemies of the two tribes is presented. It…