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 saith, Are not my princes all kings?
Isaiah 36:9
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou reliest upon Egypt for chariots and for horsemen!

Of the king

Nehemiah 9:32
And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Isaiah 5:26
And he will lift up a banner to the nations afar off, and will hiss for one from the end of the earth; and behold, it will come rapidly and lightly.
Isaiah 7:18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will hiss for the fly which is at the extremity of the streams of Egypt, and for the bee which is in the land of Assyria;

Among the thorns

Lamentations 3:7
He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

General references

Job 12:18
He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
Lamentations 3:55
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.