Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
The captains
Of the king
Among the thorns
General references
Bible References
The captains
Isaiah 10:8
For he says, "[Are] not my commanders altogether kings?
Isaiah 36:9
But how can you drive back {one governor among the least of my master's servants}, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Of the king
Nehemiah 9:32
"And now our God, the great, mighty, and awesome God who keeps [his] covenant and loyal love, do not belittle in your presence all of the hardship that is found in us, our kings, our officials, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all of our people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.
Isaiah 5:26
And he will raise a signal for a nation from afar, and he will whistle for it from the end of the earth. And look! It comes quickly, swiftly!
Isaiah 7:18
And this shall happen: On that day, Yahweh will whistle for the fly that [is] at the end of the stream of Egypt and the bee that [is] in the land of Assyria.
Among the thorns
Lamentations 3:7
He has built a wall around me, I cannot go out; he has made my bronze fetters heavy.
General references
Job 12:18
He loosens [the] fetters of kings, and he binds a loincloth on their loins.
Lamentations 3:55
I have called your name, O Yahweh, from the depths of the pit.