{"id":10111,"date":"2024-11-05T13:07:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/?p=10111"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T17:45:31","slug":"%e4%ba%9a%e5%85%b0%e4%b8%8e%e5%8f%99%e5%88%a9%e4%ba%9a%e7%9a%84%e5%85%b3%e7%b3%bb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/bible-faith\/devotional-notes\/2024\/11\/%e4%ba%9a%e5%85%b0%e4%b8%8e%e5%8f%99%e5%88%a9%e4%ba%9a%e7%9a%84%e5%85%b3%e7%b3%bb\/","title":{"rendered":"Aram and Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Aram is a regional name from the Bible, located in central Syria. Its territory extended from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates River, including the northern plains of Mesopotamia. The name &#8220;Aram&#8221; is derived from Aram, the grandson of Noah and son of Shem, who is traditionally considered the ancestor of the Arameans, a brother nation to the Hebrews.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb1-e1730831697443.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb1-e1730831697443.png 550w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb1-e1730831697443-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb1-e1730831697443-10x12.png 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Aram in the time of David<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb1-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb1-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: Aram during the Divided Kingdom period<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-659x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-659x1024.jpg 659w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-768x1193.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a.jpg 897w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Above: A 10th-century BC basalt relief of an Aramean archer, unearthed at Tel Halaf in northeastern Syria.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Arameans established a kingdom whose capital was Damascus. When the Aramean kingdom was strong, it often invaded the Israelites; when it weakened, it became a vassal or dependency of Israel. Later, Aram was conquered by the Assyrian Empire and became part of Assyria. During the Roman Empire, Aram was designated as the province of Syria. In the New Testament era, it was referred to as Syria, a name it retains to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb.jpg 527w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170-\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a-\u5173\u7cfb-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb2.png 624w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u4e9a\u5170\u4e0e\u53d9\u5229\u4e9a\u7684\u5173\u7cfb2-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Syria Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aram is a regional name from the Bible, located in central Syria. Its territory extended from the Lebanon mountains eastward across the Euphrates River, including the northern plains of Mesopotamia. The name &#8220;Aram&#8221; is derived from Aram, the grandson of Noah and son of Shem, who is traditionally considered the ancestor of the Arameans, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotional-notes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10111"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11047,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10111\/revisions\/11047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccic-iowa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}