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This is the name of a large district lying north of Arabia, north-east of Palestine, east of Phoenicia, south of the Taurus range, and west of the Tigris. It is generally supposed that the name points to the district as the 'Highlands,' though it may be from Aram the son of Shem, as above. The word occurs once untranslated in Numbers 23:7 , as 'Aram' simply, from whence Balaam was brought, 'out of the mountains of the east;' but it is mostly translated Syria or Syrian. Thus we have -

1. ARAM-DAMMESEK, 2 Samuel 8:5 , translated 'Syrians of Damascus,' embracing the highlands of Damascus including the city.

2. ARAM-MAACHAH, 1 Chronicles 19:6 , translated 'Syria-maachah,' a district on the east of Argob and Bashan.

3. ARAM-BETH-REHOB, 2 Samuel 10:6 , translated 'Syrians of Beth-rehob: cf. Judges 18:28 , a district in the north, near Dan.

4. ARAM-ZOBAH, 2 Samuel 10:6,8 , translated 'Syrians of Zoba,' a district between and Damascus, but not definitely recognised.

5. ARAM-NAHARAIM signifying 'Aram of two rivers,' Genesis 24:10; Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 3:8; 1 Chronicles 19:6 , translated 'Mesopotamia.' The two rivers are the Euphrates and the Tigris. The district would be the highlands from whence the rivers issue to the plain, and the district between the two rivers without extending to the far south.