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 Assyria says, “Are not my princes all kings?
For Assyria says, “Are not my princes all kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then can you repulse [the attack of] a single commander of the least of my master’s servants, and rely 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 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.
“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.
Isaiah 5:26
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.
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
In that day the Lord will whistle for the fly that is in the mouth of the rivers and canals of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.
Among the thorns
Lamentations 3:7
He walled me in so that I cannot get out;
He has weighted down my chain.
He walled me in so that I cannot get out;
He has weighted down my chain.
General references
Job 12:18
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a loincloth.
Lamentations 3:55
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.
I called on Your name, O Lord,
Out of the lowest pit.