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

Among the thorns

General references

Bible References

The captains

Isaiah 10:8
For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then can thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

Of the king

Nehemiah 9:32
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that has come upon us, on our kings, on our rulers, and on our priests, an
Isaiah 5:26
And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will whistle for them from the end of the earth, and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
Isaiah 7:18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the outermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

Among the thorns

Lamentations 3:7
He has walled me around, that I cannot go forth. He has made my chain heavy.

General references

Job 12:18
He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.
Lamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the lowest dungeon.