parts of Turkey. Some sources indicate that Zobah city is the modern city of Homs in Syria, or Anjar in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. In later Assyrian documents it may have been named a provincial center derived from the recently incorporated city of Damascus, which might be Deir Khabiyah west of Al-Kiswah. According to Edward Lipiński, the location of the capital city of Ṣoba corresponds to the present archaeological site of Tell Deir in the Beqaa Valley of modern-day Lebanon. See also Aleppo Codex, Hebrew Bible manuscript called in Hebrew "Keter Aram-Zoba", meaning "Crown of Aleppo" Aram-Damascus, another Iron Age Aramean kingdom Hamath-zobah, biblical city Homs, city in Syria References Bibliography Schrader, K. B. ii. 121 et seq; Delitzsch, Wo Lag das Paradies? pp. 279 et seq. Aramean cities Aramean states Ancient Syria History of Aram (region) Hebrew Bible places Former populated places in Syria