2 Chronicles 33:11
So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will bring you and your king, whom you appoint over you, to a nation which you and your fathers have never known; there you will [be forced to] serve other gods, [lifeless gods of] wood and stone.
1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation (for their troops were hard-pressed), they hid in caves, in thickets, in cellars, and in [dry] cisterns (pits).
2 Kings 23:33
Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2 Kings 25:6
So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.
2 Chronicles 36:6
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.
Nehemiah 9:32
“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,
Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
Nehemiah 9:37
“Its abundant produce is for the kings
Whom You have set over us because of our sins;
They also rule over our bodies
And over our cattle as they please,
So we are in great distress.
Job 36:8-11
“And if they are bound in bonds [of adversity],
And held by cords of affliction,
Psalm 107:10-14
Some dwelt in darkness and in the deep (deathly) darkness,
Prisoners [bound] in misery and chains,
Isaiah 5:26-30
He will lift up a flag to [call] the distant nations [to bring His judgment on Judah],
And will whistle for them from the ends of the earth;
And indeed, they will come with great speed swiftly.
Isaiah 7:18-20
In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the
Isaiah 10:8
For Assyria says, “Are not my princes all kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then can you repulse [the attack of] a single
Lamentations 3:7
He walled me in so that I cannot get out;
He has weighted down my chain.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The captains
Of the king
Among the thorns
General references
Bible References
The captains
For Assyria says, “Are not my princes all kings?
Of the king
“Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness,
Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,
Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people,
Since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.
He will lift up a flag to [call] the distant nations [to bring His judgment on Judah],
And will whistle for them from the ends of the earth;
And indeed, they will come with great speed swiftly.
Among the thorns
He walled me in so that I cannot get out;
He has weighted down my chain.
General references
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.