1 Chronicles 18:5

Damascus The name is variously written in Heb., Darmesek(Chron.), Dammesek(Gen., 1 Kin.), Dummesek(2 Kings 16:10). In Arabic it is Dimishk. See Bädeker, p. 306 ff. and Kirkpatrick on 2 Samuel 8:5.

came to help By interposing between David and his own land and threatening his rear.