Round 9: Tossup 6

The spoils of Samaria and this city’s wealth are prophesied to be carried away before Maher-shalal-hash-baz utters “my father” or “my mother” for the first time. An oracle concerning this city’s future as a “heap of ruins” in Isaiah 17 may have been fulfilled by (10[1])King Ahaz after he bribed Tiglath-Pileser (-5[1])III with silver and gold stolen from the Temple. A vision experienced by Ananias tells him to visit this city’s Straight Street and lay his hands on a praying man. (10[1])A former tentmaker escapes (10[1])this former capital of Aram in a basket (10[1])that is lowered from a wall to avoid arrest. A vision asking “why do you persecute me” is experienced by that man before he is struck blind and sent to this city. For 10 points, (10[1])Saul (10[1])became (10[1])Paul (10[1])after he saw a vision of Christ while on the (10[1])road to what city, the capital of Syria? ■END■

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