Berothah or Berothai was a city in ancient Syria belonging to Hadadezer bar Rehob, king of Zobah in the early tenth century BCE. (II Sam. viii. 8) It is identified by many scholars with the Berothah mentioned in Ezekiel xlvii. 16, which was between Hamath and Damascus. Zobah or Aram-Zobah was the capital of an early Aramean state in southern Syria, at one time of considerable importance. ... Ezekiel the Prophet of the Hebrew Scriptures is depicted on a 1510 Sistine Chapel fresco by Michelangelo. ... Hama is a province of Syria with currently approximately 350,000 inhabitants. ... Damascus by night, pictured from Jabal Qasioun; the green spots are minarets Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria. ...