This picture shows the outer walls of the famous Church of the Nativity.
Syria was for a time a kingdom stronger than Israel. Its capital was at the famous old city of Damascus.
Abana and Pharpar are rivers which flow from the mountains past Damascus, giving it water and fertility in the midst of a plain that is almost a desert. So the people of Damascus are very proud of their rivers.
Rimmon. The god that Naaman's king worshiped, and to whom Naaman had to bow down when he attended the king in the temple.
TALES OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
JONAH.
Nineveh. The greatest, most hated city in the ancient world. It was the center of more barbaric cruelty in both war and peace than any other place. This story shows that God cares even for the people of a wicked place like Nineveh.
Tarshish. Probably in Spain.
SAMSON.