Them, too

And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines. And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river of Euphrates. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.-2 Samuel 8:1-6***Over 900 years before Paul (Saul) was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus, Syria, to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any fellow Israelites he found who believed Jesus, who had been crucified, to be the Christ, the Son of God, Syrian (Aramean) troops were defeated by King David and his army. David was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. When David was 30 years old, he he began to reign only over the tribe of Judah in the Promised Land. When David was 37 1/2 years old, he became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. After David and his army defeated the Syrians, who had come to help King Hadadezer (Hadarezer), ruler of Zobah, in his battle against the Israelites,  the Syrians became David's servants. David established military posts in their region, and the Syrians gave obligatory payments to David. Paul was from the tribe of Benjamin, descended from Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. Sometime after the body of Jesus was buried in a tomb, and Jesus was resurrected and returned to heaven, and Stephen, an Israelite believer, was stoned to death, Paul was persecuting and imprisoning Israelites throughout Jerusalem who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. When Paul was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them. Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, and Paul spoke to Jesus and obeyed Jesus. In Damascus, Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes, the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life. In a letter to believers in Galatia, and a letter to believers in Corinth, Paul described events surrounding his Damascus experiences.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-2:12, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:31-28:31, 2 Corinthians 11:1-33, Galatians 1:1-2:21

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