Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.

Tilgath-pilneser

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Bible References

Tilgath-pilneser

2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of [the tribe of] Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.
Hosea 5:13

When Ephraim saw his sickness,
And Judah his wound,
Then Ephraim went to Assyria [instead of the Lord]
And sent to [Assyria’s] great King Jareb [for help].
But he cannot heal you
Nor will he cure you of your wound [received in judgment].

Distressed him

2 Kings 17:5
Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land [of Israel] and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.
Isaiah 7:20
In that day [when foreign armies swarm the land] the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from the regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), [that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard [leaving Judah stripped, shamed and scorned].
Isaiah 30:3

“Therefore the safety and protection of Pharaoh will be your shame
And the refuge in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation and disgrace.
Jeremiah 2:37

“From Egypt also you will come away [as captives]
With your hands on your head;
For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust (confide),
And you will not be successful with them.”

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Proverbs 25:19

Like a broken tooth or an unsteady foot
Is confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble.