Iconium is located in present-day Turkey and was a strategic transportation hub from Syria to Ephesus and Rome.
During Paul's missionary journey, he performed many miracles here, and when the Jews tried to stone him, he fled.
Acts 14:1Now at Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.Acts 14:3So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who confirmed their message of his grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.Acts 14:4The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews, others with the apostles.Acts 14:5There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.Acts 14:6But they found out about it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, towns in Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country.
During his second missionary journey, he met Timothy here.